1998 United States Capitol shooting
The 1998 United States Capitol shooting occurred on July 24, 1998, when Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the Capitol and fatally shot United States Capitol Police officers Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson.
A Capitol Police honor guard salutes the coffins of Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson in the Capitol rotunda as they lie in repose
Officer Jacob Chestnut, USCP
Detective John Gibson, USCP
Weston's cabin next to the lower Tenmile Creek in Montana following a search by the police
William Harrison Frist is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Frist studied government and health care policy at Princeton University and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, and later founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. In 1994, he defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Sasser.
Official portrait, c. 1995
Frist looks on as President George W. Bush signs the North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 109–353 (text) (PDF)) into law.
Sen. Frist with Sen. Lamar Alexander and Interior Secretary Gale Norton
Frist at the inauguration of his successor Bob Corker (second left). Along with Tennessee's former Senator Howard Baker (second right), and Senior Senator Lamar Alexander (far right).
