Authorities are considering whether an abandoned assault rifle found in Washington DC on Friday is linked to a possible assassination attempt on President Barack Obama after a bullet has been recovered from a White House window.

Portions of Washington’s National Mall was on lock-down Friday after reports came in that shots were fired on Constitution Avenue between the White House and the Washington Monument. Moments later, authorities found a car abandoned in the vicinity with an assault rifle left inside. Officials were quick to link the car with Oscar Ramiro Ortega, a 21-year-old resident of Idaho they believe to be mentally ill. Four days later on Tuesday, however, an investigation into Friday’s incident reveals that a bullet entered an exterior window at the president’s home before being stopped by interior ballistic glass.

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