"A suspect was in custody after a driver rammed a car into a staffed security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh early Wednesday, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving, authorities said. "This was a targeted attack on this building," Christopher Giordano, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI in Pittsburgh, told reporters. No personnel were injured."
"The suspect, identified as Donald Henson of nearby Penn Hills, was taken into custody after 10 a.m., more than seven hours after the incident, officials said. No details on the motive or on how he was able to flee were immediately available, but the FBI said it was not treating it as a terrorism case, spokesperson Bradford Arick said. No charges had been posted in a federal docket listing for Henson by early Wednesday afternoon, and federal prosecutors did not immediately return messages seeking comment."
"The FBI was familiar with Henson, whom Giordano described as a former member of the military. A message left at a phone number linked to him was not immediately returned. "He did come here to the FBI field office a few weeks ago to make a complaint that didn't make a whole lot of sense," Giordano said. He said the car appeared to have some sort of message on a side window, but did not elaborate."
A driver rammed a car into a staffed security gate at the FBI field office in Pittsburgh early Wednesday, removed an American flag and tossed it over the gate. The suspect, identified as Donald Henson of Penn Hills, was taken into custody after 10 a.m., more than seven hours after the incident. Officials gave no immediate motive or details on how he fled, and the FBI said it is not treating the case as terrorism. Investigators, including a bomb squad, found no explosives. FBI knew Henson, a former military member who had come to the field office earlier with a complaint. No personnel were injured.
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