Update: Family Research Council guard shot by gunman 
 
 A security guard at the Family Research Council was shot and wounded Wednesday morning after a scuffle with a man who expressed disagreement with the group’s conservative views in the lobby of the group’s headquarters in downtown Washington, authorities said. 
 
 D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the shooter walked into the lobby of the building at about 10:45 and was confronted by the security guard as if the guard were asking him where he was going. 
 
 The man then took out a gun and opened fire on the guard, Lanier said. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground, disarmed him and waited for police, she said. The guard was then taken to the hospital and is in stable condition, the chief said. FBI officials said the guard was shot in the arm. 
 
 
 
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 “The security guard here is a hero, as far as I’m concerned,” Lanier said. ”He did his job. The person never made it past the front.” 
 
 The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said. A law enforcement official said at one point in the scuffle, the shooter expressed views that differed from those of the Family Research Council. The official also said the shooter was carrying a bag that had a Chick-Fil-A bag inside. Chick-Fil-A’s chief executive has expressed similar views against same-sex marriage as the Research Council. 
 
 Although authorities did not identify the alleged shooter, two law enforcement officials said he was Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon. He has not been charged. 
 
 Authorities also did not name the security guard. But Darin Miller, a spokesman for the Family Research Council, said he was Leo Johnson, who works for the council and not for a private security agency. 
 
 The Family Research Council is a conservative organization that deals in issues of faith, family and freedom, according to its Web site. The site says the organization is against abortion and euthanasia and considers homosexuality to be a sin. 
 
 “The police are investigating this incident,” FRC President Tony Perkins said in a statement. “Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and his family.” 
 
 A spokesman from the FRC declined further comment just before noon Wednesday. 
 
 James McJunkin, the head of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, said authorities do not yet know why the person entered the building or why he started shooting. 
 
 “We don’t know enough about him or his circumstances to determine what his connection is to this group [the research council] or his mental state, or what he was doing or thinking of doing,” McJunkin said. “So we’re going to try to sort this all out, pull the evidence together, do all the interviews we can.” 
 
 McJunkin and Lanier said they did not yet know whether the FBI or the D.C. Police would take the lead on the shooting investigation. 
 
 “The possibility is that it could involve circumstances that it could involve a federal crime that would be investigated by the FBI,” McJunkin said. 
 
 They are investigating whether the shooting was an act of domestic terrorism, a hate crime or something else. 
 
 Law enforcement officials said the shooter parked his car at the East Falls Church Metro station and took the train downtown. At about 3 p.m., investigators were towing two vehicles from the East Falls Church station. 
 
 The building is not far from the Verizon Center and the Gallery Place Metro station in one of the busiest places in the city. It is near several museums, restaurants and shops and was teeming with tourists on Wednesday. 
 
 Authorities advised drivers to use H and E Streets during the police investigation. 
 
 This item has been updated. 
 
 Staff writers Mark Berman, Del Quentin Wilber, Mary Pat Flaherty, Allison Klein, Justin Jouvenal, Fredrick Kunkle and Clarence Williams contributed to this report. 
 
 
 
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 A 28-year-old Virginia man was held late Wednesday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after a security guard was wounded in the lobby of the Family Research Council, a conservative policy organization, authorities said. 
 
 Police and federal agents were investigating what prompted the suspect, identified by the FBI as Floyd Lee Corkins II, to walk into the group's headquarters about 10:45 a.m. and open fire. 
 
 Corkins, is from Herndon, a suburb of Washington, the FBI said in a statement about the charge. 
 
 The guard helped wrestle the gunman to the ground. Called a hero by police, the security officer was in stable condition after being shot in the arm. 
 
 A law enforcement official said the gunman made some remarks opposing the Family Research Council's policies before opening fire. 
 
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 A source working with the DC Center for the LGBT Community told CNN that Corkins had worked as a volunteer at the center. 
 
 David Mariner, executive director of that center, released a statement Wednesday night saying he was "shocked to hear that someone who has volunteered with the DC Center could be the cause of such a tragic act of violence. 
 
 "No matter the circumstances, we condemn such violence in the strongest terms possible. We hope for a full and speedy recovery for the victim and our thoughts are with him and his family," Mariner said in the statement. 
 
 A backpack and a vehicle believed to belong to the suspect were recovered, the law enforcement official told CNN. 
 
 The suspect's weapon was a legally obtained 9mm handgun, according to another law enforcement official. The suspect had obtained the weapon "fairly recently" from a gun shop in Virginia. 
 
 The council is a Christian group that has pushed family and anti-abortion issues and religious liberties. It has been a leading opponent of same-sex marriage. 
 
 The Family Research Council recently backed restaurant chain Chick-fil-A after the company's president, Dan Cathy, said the company supports traditional marriage 
 
 Investigators said that it was too early to say whether the organization was targeted for its political views, but made clear that would be part of the investigation. 
 
 "We don't know enough yet about him or his circumstances to be able to determine his connection to this group or to the business or to what, you know, mentally what he's doing or thinking. So we're going to try to sort it all out, and pull the evidence together, do as many interviews as we can, and get it all together," said FBI Assistant Director James McJunkin. 
 
 DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the man entered the building in downtown Washington and was "confronted by a security guard." 
 
 The suspect opened fire, striking the guard. 
 
 "The security officer here is a hero as far as I'm concerned. He did his job. The person never made it past, farther then the front door," Lanier said. 
 
 Steve Biondi, a tourist from New York, said he witnessed the first two police officers arrive at the scene. They ordered the suspect to put the gun down. The man got on the ground, and did not appear to put up a fight, according to Biondi. 
 
 He described the suspect as about 6 feet tall and weighing about 240 pounds. 
 
 The FBI's Jacqueline Maguire said the case is being worked jointly by the FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department "to determine motive/intent and whether a hate crime/terrorism nexus exists." 
 
 Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said "our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today. Our concern is for him and his family." 
 
 Launched in 1983, the Family Research Council says it promotes "faith, family and freedom in public policy and public opinion." 
 
 Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he was appalled by the incident. 
 
 "There is no place for such violence in our society," he said in a statement. "My prayers go out to the wounded security guard and his family, as well as all the people at the Family Research Council whose sense of security has been shattered by today's horrific events." 
 
 The National Organization for Marriage, which has actively campaigned against same-sex marriage efforts, also condemned what it termed an attack on the Family Research Council.
– The alleged shooter who wounded a security guard at the anti-gay marriage Family Research Council yesterday carried a bag from Chick-fil-A, according to the Washington Post; NBC reports he was carrying materials about Chick-fil-A restaurants. Floyd Corkins, 28, reportedly volunteered at an LGBT center, CNN notes, and police say he made comments attacking the Family Research Council's policies before firing his weapon. Police are investigating the motive behind the crime; if it is judged a hate crime, the case will be put in FBI hands. The suspect was carrying multiple rounds of ammunition as well as a handgun (apparently purchased five days ago, notes NBC), but he was stopped when the security guard he shot managed to get the gun away from him. "The security officer here is a hero as far as I'm concerned. He did his job. The person never made it past ... the front door," said Washington's police chief. The LGBT center is "shocked," says a rep. "No matter the circumstances, we condemn such violence in the strongest terms possible. We hope for a full and speedy recovery for the victim."