Secret Service officials said they have arrested a 21-year-old Idaho man in connection to a shooting at the White House on Friday evening.
Using information provided by the Secret Service, Pennsylvania State Police arrested Oscar Ortega at 12:35 p.m., NBC Washington reported.
Law enforcement said Ortega moved into the D.C. area several weeks ago. His family in Idaho Falls, Idaho, had reported him missing on October 31, according to NBC Washington.
The Secret Service disclosed Wednesday that investigators have recovered two bullet rounds that struck the White House - one a window and the other the building's exterior.
The rounds may have been fired during a shooting on Friday night near the White House, but the two incidents have not been conclusively connected. Police are intensifying their search for a suspect in the first incident.
Initial police reports said the Friday shooting at around 9 p.m. involved two cars speeding along Constitution Avenue, the wide street south of the White House and the Ellipse. The shots were believed to have been fired from a moving car as it passed along the 1600 block, a little over a third of a mile from the White House, in an area between the White House and the Washington Monument.
No one was hurt. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were out of town on Friday night. The president was attending a basketball game in San Diego, before heading to Hawaii, where he hosted a weekend APEC summit of Asia-Pacific regional leaders.
The car from which U.S. Park Service police believe the shots were fired was found about seven blocks away, crashed into a barrier, with an assault-type rifle still inside. About 10 shell casings were also found in the car, indicating that the shots were fired from inside the vehicle, NBC News reported.
The car has been traced to Oscar Ramiro Ortega, who has connections to Idaho, Utah, and Texas, authorities said. He is also known by the name Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, according to the Secret Service.
Using information provided by the Secret Service, Pennsylvania State Police arrested Oscar Ortega at 12:35 p.m., NBC Washington reported.
Law enforcement said Ortega moved into the D.C. area several weeks ago. His family in Idaho Falls, Idaho, had reported him missing on October 31, according to NBC Washington.
The Secret Service disclosed Wednesday that investigators have recovered two bullet rounds that struck the White House - one a window and the other the building's exterior.
The rounds may have been fired during a shooting on Friday night near the White House, but the two incidents have not been conclusively connected. Police are intensifying their search for a suspect in the first incident.
Initial police reports said the Friday shooting at around 9 p.m. involved two cars speeding along Constitution Avenue, the wide street south of the White House and the Ellipse. The shots were believed to have been fired from a moving car as it passed along the 1600 block, a little over a third of a mile from the White House, in an area between the White House and the Washington Monument.
No one was hurt. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were out of town on Friday night. The president was attending a basketball game in San Diego, before heading to Hawaii, where he hosted a weekend APEC summit of Asia-Pacific regional leaders.
The car from which U.S. Park Service police believe the shots were fired was found about seven blocks away, crashed into a barrier, with an assault-type rifle still inside. About 10 shell casings were also found in the car, indicating that the shots were fired from inside the vehicle, NBC News reported.
The car has been traced to Oscar Ramiro Ortega, who has connections to Idaho, Utah, and Texas, authorities said. He is also known by the name Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, according to the Secret Service.
