Supreme Court on fire

A friend described the actions of Wynn Bruce, of Boulder, Colo., as “a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis.”

Other posts from Mr. Bruce’s Facebook account going back to April 2020 criticized “war profiteers,” President Donald J. Trump and collective inaction in the face of a worsening climate crisis. There have been previous instances of public self-immolation in Washington. Arnav Gupta burned himself in front of the White House in 2019 and later died of his injuries. Mr. Bruce had set himself on fire at the plaza in front of the Supreme Court at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday, police and court officials said. Mohamed Alanssi, a Yemeni-born F.B.I. informant, set himself on fire outside the White House in 2004 in protest of his treatment by the government, but he survived. The apparent announcement of his plans was buried in his account timeline. David Buckel, a prominent civil rights lawyer turned environmental advocate, also set himself on fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in 2018 to protest climate change and died. It is not even a protest,” Thich Nhat Hanh wrote of the monks, adding that “to burn oneself by fire is to prove that what one is saying is of the utmost importance. Norman R. Morrison, a Quaker man, burned himself to death outside the Pentagon in 1965 in protest of the Vietnam War. Thich Nhat Hanh, in a letter he wrote in 1965 to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., had idolized those monks. The court had heard arguments in late February on an important environmental case that could restrict or even eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to control pollution. “This act is not suicide,” Dr. Kritee wrote on Twitter early Sunday morning. Members of his family could not be reached immediately for comment.

A person set themself on fire outside the court building and was taken from the scene in a medical helicopter, US Capitol Police and Supreme Court ...

Supreme Court police, U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C. all responded to the incident, which happened at around 6:30 p.m., ...

A person set themselves on fire outside the US Supreme Court on Friday, a spokeswoman said -- the second incident to raise alarm near the Capitol in ...

The helicopter landed on the plaza and airlifted the person to a local hospital, McCabe said. "A medical helicopter just landed near the Capitol for a medical emergency," US Capitol Police tweeted shortly after the incident. A person set themselves on fire outside the US Supreme Court on Friday, a spokeswoman said -- the second incident to raise alarm near the Capitol in Washington in a week.

Capitol Police tweeted about the incident Friday night, saying the helicopter was responding to a medical emergency and that there was no threat to others. NBC ...

The Supreme Court was not in session at the time, and Congress is in recess. Capitol Police tweeted about the incident Friday night, saying the helicopter was responding to a medical emergency and that there was no threat to others. The area was closed to the public after the Supreme Court Police, U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department responded at the scene.

Supreme Court Police, U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the incident, the court said, and a medical helicopter airlifted ...

The incident comes amid a chaotic day in Washington D.C., where earlier Friday, multiple people were shot on a busy street. Police identified the man as 50-year-old Wynn Bruce, of Boulder, Colorado, and said he died of his injuries after being airlifted to a hospital following the incident. The court did not offer any specifics on the person or what their motivation may have been.

WASHINGTON, DC (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A person set themselves on fire outside of the US Supreme Court on Friday. It happened around 6:30 p. m. at the plaza ...

A shooting in Northwest Washington wounded at least four people earlier on Friday. The suspect was later found dead in an apartment. The incident follows a flurry of recent chaotic events in the district. WASHINGTON, DC (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A person set themselves on fire outside of the US Supreme Court on Friday.

The Metropolitan Police Department identified the man as Wynn Bruce, of Boulder, Colorado. On Saturday, police said he died from his injuries. According to the ...

The Supreme Court was not in session at the time, and Congress is in recess. Capitol Police tweeted about the incident Friday night, saying the helicopter was responding to a medical emergency and that there was no threat to others. The area was closed to the public after the Supreme Court Police, U.S. Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department responded at the scene.

Supreme Court police, U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department of D.C. all responded to the incident, which took place at around 6:30 p.m., ...

The man — who was 50 and from Boulder, Colorado — went to the plaza in front of the court building and set himself on fire, police said.

Another video from Fox showed a U.S. Park Police helicopter flying near the Capitol. He was air lifted to a hospital before he died from his injuries. WASHINGTON – A Colorado man has died after lighting himself on fire in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Friday evening, police said.

The man was identified as Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado, an MPD spokesperson said Saturday. Bruce had been airlifted to a hospital in Washington, where he ...

CNN observed Saturday that the scene at the Supreme Court plaza had returned to normal. The area around the high court was closed Friday for further investigation, according to the court spokesperson. Supreme Court Police, US Capitol Police and the MPD had responded to the incident, which occurred Friday at about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets in the nation's capital, ...

For hours, authorities had warned residents to stay inside their homes while they searched for the shooter. Police said Saturday that the man, Wynn Bruce, 50, of Boulder, Colorado, had died. Police believe the man erected a “sniper-type setup” with a tripod and rifle in his apartment and began firing indiscriminately at people walking below, Chief Robert Contee said. The man had been “linked to social media postings” that emerged as part of the investigation, said Assistant Metropolitan Police Chief Stuart Emerman. The four shooting victims — a 54-year-old man who is a retired police officer, a woman in her 30s, a woman in her mid-60s who was grazed by a bullet, and a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the arm — were all expected to recover, police said. A Fairfax spokesman, 2nd Lt. Ian Yost, said his information indicated authorities did not find any family members there.

A person apparently attempted to set themselves on fire outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

Supreme Court Police, U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. police responded, and the person was airlifted to an area hospital. The area remained closed after the incident for further investigation, McCabe said. U.S. Capitol Police tweeted around 6:40 p.m. that a medical helicopter had just landed near the U.S. Capitol Building for a "medical emergency." The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on the plaza in front of the building, Supreme Court spokesperson Patricia McCabe said in a statement. A man died after setting himself on fire outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on Friday, officials said. The person was airlifted to an area hospital.

A Colorado man died after setting himself on fire outside the Supreme Court on Friday evening, according to police. D.C. police said that Wynn Bruce, 50, ...

Wynn Bruce -- the man who lit himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building -- has died, according to reports.

If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org. A spokeswoman for the Supreme Court said on Friday that Bruce’s death was “not a public safety issue.” A man who lit himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building has died, according to reports.

Police responded to a man setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court building Friday evening.