Lonny Baxter Arrested Near White House
16th August, 2006 - 7:20 am
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte Bobcats player Lonny Baxter was arrested early Wednesday after reports of shots fired from a vehicle about two blocks from the White House, a Secret Service spokesman said.
Baxter, 27, was taken into custody around 2:30 a.m. after a witness flagged down a Secret Service officer and reported shots fired from a white sport-utility vehicle, said Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren. Officers stopped the vehicle near the intersection of 17th and I streets in Northwest Washington.
"There were spent shell casings in plane view inside the vehicle," Zahren said. Officers also recovered a handgun.
Both Baxter and another man in the vehicle, 35-year-old Irvin Martin, were charged with carrying a pistol without a license and other firearms charges.
Both men were being held by District of Columbia police.
