John Patrick Bedell was consumed by an anti-government creed when he drove from Hollister, Calif., parked his 1998 Toyota Avalon at the Fashion Centre Pentagon City Mall, pulled a 9mm handgun from his pocket and opened fire outside the Pentagon.

Two Pentagon Police officers — Jeffrey Amos and Marvin Carraway — were grazed by the bullets around 6:40 p.m. Thursday before they and one other officer were able to shoot the 36-year-old in the left tricep and head, taking him down. Bedell died at 10 p.m. at the George Washington University Hospital. The two wounded officers were treated and released. The Pentagon Metro station, which was shutdown immediately following the shooting, reopened around noon Friday.