By Ian Simpson, Reuters, August 16, 2012

A gunman shot and wounded a guard on Wednesday at the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian lobbying group, and he was taken into FBI custody, authorities said.

The security guard was shot in the arm after confronting the gunman at about 10:45 a.m. in the lobby of the group's headquarters in downtown Washington, a police spokesman said. Guards wrestled the gunman to the ground and he was taken into Federal Bureau of Investigation custody. The wounded guard was hospitalized and listed in stable condition.

The FBI identified the suspect as Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon, Virginia and said he was being held on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. David Mariner, executive director of a Washington community center for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people, told local media Corkins had been a volunteer at the center. The FBI interviewed Mariner about Corkins after the shooting [....]