U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The U.S. Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists who shot thirty rounds from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the United States House of Representatives into the floor of the chamber.

The attackers (Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero and Irving Flores Rodriguez) unfurled a Puerto Rican flag and began spraying bullets at the 240 Representatives who were debating an immigration bill. Five Representatives were wounded in the Luger and automatic pistol attack, one was seriously hurt. (The partisan breakdown, as reported by the Washington Post, was three Democrats and two Republicans.) The wounded lawmakers were Alvin Bentley (he took a bullet to the chest), Clifford Davis (shot in the leg), Ben F. Jensen (shot in the back), George H. Fallon and Kenneth A. Roberts.

The assailants spent 25 years in prison.

External links

• "A Terrorist in the House" by Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post Magazine, February 22, 2004, pg. W12.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: BENTLEY, Alvin Morell (1918-1969)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: DAVIS, Clifford (1897-1970)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: FALLON, George Hyde (1902-1980)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: JENSEN, Benton Franklin (1892-1970
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: ROBERTS, Kenneth Allison (1912-1989)

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