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Larry Dawson, a pastor from Tennessee, was shot inside the Visitor Center after pulling a gunand its not the first time hed caused trouble on Capitol Hill.
The man who drew a gun at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Monday previously called himself a prophet of G*d and once said G*d commanded him to ask a teenage girl to come live with him.
U.S. Capitol Police said Larry Russell Dawsonof Antioch, Tennessee, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer while armed. Dawson, 66, was shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer and is hospitalized in stable but critical condition, police said.
At a press conference outside the Capitol on Monday evening, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa said that at approximately 2:40 p.m. Dawson drew what appeared to be a weapon and pointed it at officers during a routine screening at the Visitor Center. One officer fired and struck Dawson.
The police officer was not injured, contrary to previous reports. A female bystander sustained a non-life-threatening injury during the incident, police said.
Dawson, the pastor of St. Lukes Church outside Nashville, previously wrote on his churchs website that he was leading a movement to urge Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Our assignment is to do the will of G*d in the Earth, he wrote, citing financial independence as Gods will alongside saving souls.
Dawson said he had been to Washington three times for his mission. One time, on Oct. 22, 2015, Dawson yelled, Im a prophet of G*d! from the balcony of the House of Representatives.
Dawson then allegedly ran from cops and resisted arrest, according to a police report exclusively obtained by The Daily Beast. Cops cuffed him, accusing him of assaulting a police officer and unlawful conduct at the Capitol.
The Washington Post reported that Dawson missed a court appearance in November, writing in a letter to the court:
I have been called chosen and sent unto you this day. I am not under the law!...Therefore I will not comply with the court order, nor will I surrender myself to your office.
The Gudmestad family was in the capitol visitors center when the incident occurred. They told The Washington Post that they figured out it was an active shooter before they were officially told so by police, from Twitter. There was just yelling, and they told us to get down, and then the officers got us into the theater, Amy Gudmestad said.
It"s not the first time G*d commanded him to do something.
In 2001, Dawson was fired as a school bus driver in Williamson County, Tennessee, after he wrote personal, suggestive letters to a teenage girl.
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Have notice [sic] that you are gaining weight, and I have notice this over the past few days G*d has brought it to my attention that you may need to see a doctor, possible [sic] you may be with child or pregnant in other words[.] Also G*d has said that it is going to be necessary that you come to my home and stay for a little while, where I can watch over you during this period of time, the Nashville Tennesseean quoted at the time.
In 2003, Franklin was arrested on the charge of harassment in writing for sending the same girl letters that professed his love for her and his desire for her to become his wife and bear him a child.
Dawson apparently arrived in Washington, D.C., on Monday after spending Easter Sunday in church in Nashville with his daughter, according to a now-deleted Facebook post.
As the incident unfolded on Monday, the Capitol and adjacent office buildings were placed on lockdown, and staff were told to shelter in place before an all-clear order was issued after a half-hour. Many staffers and reporters thought the orders were part of a pre-scheduled lockdown drill held earlier that morning.
The Visitor Center was commissioned, in part, as a response to a 1998 shooting at the Capitol, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr., a paranoid schizophrenic, entered the building and shot and killed Capitol Police officers Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson. All visitors to the Capitol now enter via the underground center and its layers of security.
Violence is not uncommon on Capitol Hill.Last April, a man killed himself outside the building with a single shot, prompting a Capitol lockdown.
In 2013, a 34-year-old woman attempted to drive through a White House security checkpoint, striking a Secret Service agent in the process and leading police on a chase to the Capitol, where she was fatally shot. Her young daughter was discovered unharmed in the back seat of the vehicle after it had been stopped.
Three decades earlier, in 1971, the Weather Underground exploded a bomb in a Senate bathroom. No one was injured. And in 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists fired 30 rounds from a balcony overlooking the House chambers, injuring five congressman, all of whom later recovered.
In 1835, President Andrew Jackson survived an assassination attempt after leaving a funeral at the Capitol. The gunmans weapon misfired, sparing the president, who then confronted the perpetrator, clubbing him with a cane.
Additional reporting by Betsy Woodruff from Washington, D.C.
D"Angelo Russell Ankle Injury | Nuggets vs Lakers | March 25, 2016 | NBA 2015-16 Season
After finding themselves in the lottery in each of the last two seasons, the Los Angeles Lakers believe they have come out with two future All-Stars in DAngelo Russell and Julius Randle.
Each player has had moments this season in which they have looked like they could fulfill their vast potential and Lakers fans everywhere are extremely excited about their future.
Some executives from around the NBA agree on one end, but are slightly unsure about the other. According to Ken Berger of CBS Sports, a group of polled executives see Russell as a potential star, but believe Randle is not on that level:
Among about a dozen rival executives informally polled about the Lakers building blocks of Russell and Randle, a consensus emerged: Russell is a potential star, while Randle is viewed as a piece or an energy guy.
Even though Russell is seemingly viewed as having more potential, many of the executives do realize that both players are extremely young and the Lakers probably wont know how good they will be until next season:
Several executives inserted the caveat that theyre barely old enough to vote and dont even have a full season on their resumes yet. They should know by the end of next season, one of them said.
Some may question how good Randle can ultimately become, but that will only motivate him even more. Randle is one of the hardest workers on the team and is constantly in the gym trying to improve. Even if his potential isnt as high, his work ethic will surely allow him to reach his peak.
If both Randle and Russell can reach their potential, along with Jordan Clarkson who wasnt brought up in this poll, the Lakers will have a great core to build around and should begin climbing back up the standings soon.
Ive decided this 2016 run will be my last tour and last shows, the DJ writes on his website
Avicii will retire after this years tour, thanking fans and his team for letting me fulfill so many of my dreams.
I will continue to speak to my fans through it, but Ive decided this 2016 run will be my last tour and last shows, he wrote in a letter on his website. Lets make them go out with a bang!One part of me can never say never, I could be back but I wont be right back.
In the letter, the DJ explained that he was driving across the United States with his friends and his team two weeks ago where he realized that I needed to make a change that Id been struggling with for a while.
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My choices and career have never been driven by material things, although Im grateful for all the opportunities and comforts my success has availed me, he wrote. I know I am blessed to be able to travel all around the world and perform, but I have too little left for the life of a real person behind the artist.
Claiming his successful career has come with its hurdles, he admitted that there are a lot of things he wants to do but just doesnt have time to explore them.
Avicii, whose real name is Tim Bergling, also posted his new phone number, asking fans to bare with him: I might not be super quick to reply.
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The producer had his major breakthrough with his 2011 hit, Levels, working on other songs like Wake Me Up and Hey Brother.
He released two studio albums one in 2013 and one in 2016. Avicii was ranked third on DJ Magazines annual Top 100 DJs in 2012 and 2013 and was nominated twice for a Grammy.
Avicii has residences in Las Vegas and Ibiza set up for the spring and summer, and is set to play Electric Daisy Carnival U.K. in July.
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It seems Avicii is putting the performing aspect of his career behind him.
The popular electronic music DJ announced his retirement from live performances (at least for now) in an emotional letter addressed to fans on his website on Tuesday.
In the post, which begins, "Hello world, thank you for letting me fulfill so many of my dreams," the 26-year-old writes, "I know I am blessed to be able to travel all around the world and perform, but I have too little left for the life of a real person behind the artist."
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"I will however never let go of music," he continues. "But I"ve decided this 2016 run will be my last tour and last shows. Let"s make them go out with a bang!"
Ending the note with a glimmer of hope for fans, Avicii writes, "One part of me can never say never, I could be back... but I won"t be right back."
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While there"s certainly a melancholy sense of finality in the letter, Avicii has taken smaller breaks from performing before. In 2014, the musician opened up to Billboard about needing to take time off to recover from operations to have his appendix and gall bladder removed.
"Since my operation, I"d just been going and going," he said at the time. "I was dropping weight. I needed to take a break."
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Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged on March 29 with simple battery after allegedly grabbing a reporter by the arm and pulling her during a campaign stop on March 8. Michelle Fields, the Breitbart reporter, was trying to ask Republican candidate Donald Trump a question at the time. Police in Jupiter, Florida released video of the incident, and Lewandowski has since turned himself in.
Mischa Barton’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Partner Reveals ‘O.C.’ Connection
Tonight on ABC the 12 celebrities returned to the Dancing With The Stars Ballroom for Latin Night. Mischa Barton & her professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev hit the dance floor and danced a Cha Cha to Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba. Did you watch tonights episode? If you missed it we have a full and detailed recap,right here for you.Did you miss any of tonights performance videos? If you did we have them all,right here for you!
The dancers will open the show with an exciting number to the song Shake That, by Samantha Jade featuring Pitbull, and then each celebrity will go on to perform a captivating and alluring Latin dance. At the end of evening, one couple will be eliminated from the ballroom competition.
Judges comments on Mischas DWTS Week 2Cha Cha:Bruno:I appreciate the fact that you tried to get into character, there was a lot of Cha Cha Cha there but it didnt fit.Carrie Ann:I like that I got to see more of your personality, my heart goes out to. You did so much better, but there was mistakes and you were offbeat.Len:Much more dance content, you were a bit off time, you loose focus. Just come out and give it a go.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think, do you agree with the judges comments? Do you think Mischadid enough to avoid eliminationtomorrow? Sound out in the comments and let us know your thoughts?
