1954 United States Capitol shooting

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The 1954 United States Capitol shooting was an armed attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the U.S. House of Representatives, carried out to draw attention to the cause of Puerto Rican independence.

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instanceOf armed attack ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ
politically motivated attack ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1954 U.S. Capitol shooting ⓘ
category Attacks on legislatures ⓘ
History of Puerto Rico–United States relations ⓘ
Terrorist incidents in the United States in the 1950s ⓘ
chamberTargeted House chamber ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1954-03-01 ⓘ
fatalities 0 ⓘ
governingBodyTargeted United States Congress ⓘ
ideology Puerto Rican independence movement ⓘ
Puerto Rican nationalism ⓘ
injured 5 members of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction District of Columbia ⓘ
laterEvent commutation of sentences by President Jimmy Carter ⓘ
legalOutcome perpetrators convicted in U.S. federal court ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
method shooting from the House visitors’ gallery ⓘ
motive Puerto Rican independence ⓘ
notablePerpetratorRole Lolita Lebrón led the group ⓘ
numberOfPerpetrators 4 ⓘ
organizer Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members ⓘ
partOf Puerto Rican Nationalist Party actions ⓘ
perpetrator Andrés Figueroa Cordero ⓘ
Irvin Flores Rodríguez ⓘ
Lolita Lebrón ⓘ
Rafael Cancel Miranda ⓘ
politicalContext debate on immigration legislation ⓘ
relatedEvent 1950 Puerto Rican Nationalist uprisings ⓘ
result heightened security at the U.S. Capitol ⓘ
increased attention to Puerto Rico’s political status ⓘ
sentence long prison terms for all four attackers ⓘ
symbolicAct attackers unfurled a Puerto Rican flag ⓘ
target U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
timeOfDay afternoon ⓘ
victim Alvin M. Bentley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ben F. Jensen ⓘ
Clifford Davis ⓘ
George H. Fallon ⓘ
Kenneth A. Roberts ⓘ
weaponsUsed handguns ⓘ
year 1954 ⓘ

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Puerto Rican independence movement → hasKeyEvent → 1954 United States Capitol shooting ⓘ
1954 United States Capitol shooting → alsoKnownAs → 1954 U.S. Capitol shooting ⓘ
linked to: 1954 United States Capitol shooting
Lolita Lebrón → notableWork → 1954 United States Capitol shooting attack ⓘ
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Lolita Lebrón → participatedIn → 1954 attack on the United States Capitol ⓘ
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Clifford Davis → notableEvent → 1954 United States Capitol shooting ⓘ
Ben F. Jensen → notableEvent → 1954 United States Capitol shooting incident ⓘ
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Ben F. Jensen → participantIn → 1954 United States Capitol shooting incident ⓘ
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Ben F. Jensen → injuredIn → 1954 United States Capitol shooting incident ⓘ
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Andrés Figueroa Cordero → participantIn → 1954 United States Capitol shooting ⓘ
Rafael Cancel Miranda → participantIn → 1954 United States Capitol shooting ⓘ
subject linked to: Cancel Miranda