Officer: DC gunman's expression warned of trouble

There were no obvious signs of trouble when gunman John Patrick Bedell approached a Pentagon security checkpoint Thursday night. But Pentagon police officer Marvin Carraway had seen that facial expression before. It betrayed Bedell's intentions.

"It's hard to describe that look," Carraway said in an interview Monday. "It's a look you would know if you had been in combat."

Carraway was one of three officers who returned fire after Bedell began shooting at them. Carraway and another officer, Jeffery Amos, suffered minor injuries. The officers fatally wounded Bedell, who was described as having a history of mental illness by his family.

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