03/05/10

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Law enforcement officials say the California
man who opened fire on police outside the Pentagon stopped at a
motel in Reno, Nevada, before traveling to the nation's capital.

It is not immediately clear how long John Patrick Bedell stayed
there, or if it was anything more than a stopover on his way to a
violent end.

Authorities say Bedell pulled a gun at the entrance to the
Pentagon Thursday night, shooting two police officers before being
fatally wounded by return fire.

The officials say the two wounded guards were officers Jeff Amos
and Marvin Carraway, both of whom returned fire. They say a third
guard they did not name also fired. Bedell was shot in the head and
the left arm. The officials are speaking on condition of anonymity
because they are not authorized to discuss the case.


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