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Article: Intruder Is Shot at White House; Secret Service Officer Also Wounded in Confrontation on South Lawn
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- The Washington Post
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- May 24, 1995
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An armed man scaled the White House fence and was shot on the
South Lawn last night in a confrontation that also wounded a
uniformed Secret Service officer, authorities said.
Both the intruder and the officer were taken to George Washington
University Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition. The
officer was shot in the left elbow, and the intruder was hit in the
right arm, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
A Secret Service spokesman identified the intruder as Leland
Modjeski, of Falls Church; the wounded officer was identified as
Scott Giambattista, 35.
There was no immediate indication of a motive in the incident, the
third serious breach of White House security in a year. ...