1998 United States Capitol shooting
The 1998 United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police officers Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson.
| 1998 United States Capitol shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Washington, D.C., US |
| Date | July 24, 1998 3:40 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. (UTC-4) |
| Target | United States Capitol |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapons | .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Russell Eugene Weston Jr. |
Gibson died during surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Chestnut died at George Washington University Hospital. Weston's exact motives are unknown, but he had expressed strong distrust of the federal government of the United States; he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia six years before the attack. Weston was later charged on July 26 for the murder of two U.S. Capitol Police officers during the shooting rampage. As of July 2018, Weston remained in a mental institution.
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