A federal grand jury added terrorism to the list of charges faced by the Virginia man who was indicted in the shooting of a security guard at the conservative Family Research Council’s (FRC) Washington offices.
Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon, Va., was arrested Aug. 15, shortly after police say he opened fire in the lobby of the FRC’s downtown headquarters, injuring an unarmed security guard.
Before he opened fire, Corkins reportedly was carrying a bag of Chick-fil-A sandwiches and told security guard Leo Johnson he disagreed with the FRC’s politics; the FRC had supported the fast-food chain’s donations to groups that oppose same-sex “marriage.”
The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia said Oct. 24 that a federal grand jury added six District of Columbia charges, including attempted murder while armed; aggravated assault while armed; second-degree burglary while armed; and three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Corkins is the first defendant to be charged with committing an act of terror under the District of Columbia’s 2002 Anti-Terrorism Act, a charge that carries up to 30 years in prison.
(RNS)
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