Man Charged in DC Shooting Was Walking Path of Vance Motorcade

A man accused of firing a gun at Secret Service officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance's motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was shot multiple times during Monday's confrontation and was in the back of an ambulance on his way to a hospital when he said, "F--- the White House' and 'Kill me, kill me, kill me,'" a Secret Service agent said in an affidavit. The sworn statement does not specify whether investigators believe Marx had a particular target, the AP reports.

Marx was walking along the path of Vance's motorcade when officers spotted him near the intersection of 15th Street and Independence Avenue. The officers were responding to a Secret Service agent's report that Marx was seen near the White House complex with a firearm concealed on the right side of his body, the affidavit says. Marx pulled a firearm from his waistband as he ran away from Secret Service officers and fired at one of them, but a bystander behind the officer was shot in the leg, the affidavit says. Officers returned fire and struck Marx in his abdomen, a hand, and his left arm, according to the filing. It says Marx spat at officers as they provided him with aid after the shooting.

The bystander who was hit is a 15-year-old boy, the New York Times reports. The teen was not seriously injured and has been released from a hospital, US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro told ABC News. Marx was charged in a complaint with assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon, discharging a firearm during a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Marx has used aliases, including Michael Patrick and Michael Zavici, according to the affidavit. It says Marx had a 2011 drug trafficking conviction in Florida that made it illegal for him to possess a firearm.

• "My office will pursue the most serious charges available against anyone who brings gun violence to our streets, particularly when that violence unfolds steps from the seat of our government and the path of the Vice President of the United States," Pirro said in a news release.