From the Associated Press: A suspect was in custody after a driver rammed a car into a staffed security gate at the FBI building in Pittsburgh early Wednesday, then removed an American flag from the back seat and threw it over the gate before leaving, authorities said.
“This was a targeted attack on this building,” Christopher Giordano, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI in Pittsburgh, told reporters. No personnel were injured.
The suspect, identified as Donald Henson of nearby Penn Hills, was taken into custody after 10 a.m., more than seven hours after the incident, officials said. No details on the motive or on how he was able to flee were immediately available, but the FBI said it was not treating it as a terrorism case, spokesperson Bradford Arick said.
Giordani revealed that Henson is a “former member of the U.S. military,” and said the FBI is already familiar with him, after he came to the FBI field office a few weeks ago, “to make a complaint that didn’t make a whole lot of sense.”
The white sedan Henson was driving had a U.S. Air Force sticker on it.
The FBI first asked for help in finding Henson, then latter announced he has been captured.
The public is asked to please call 911, call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI, or make a report online at https://t.co/AoP0WgKFiX. pic.twitter.com/OnO7gyhlel
— FBI Pittsburgh (@FBIPittsburgh) September 17, 2025
— FBI Pittsburgh (@FBIPittsburgh) September 17, 2025
BREAKING: Suspect Donald Henson in custody, accused of ramming car into FBI Pittsburgh Field Office entrance gate, bureau confirms to @BryanLlenas pic.twitter.com/a2IWJBmefM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 17, 2025
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