[1] Duran was court-martialed and found guilty of drunk driving, aggravated assault, drunken and disorderly conduct, and leaving the scene of an accident.
He was stripped of rank and sentenced to five years in prison at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
[3] On October 29, 1994, Duran, dressed in a trench coat, approached the fence overlooking the north lawn of the White House and fired 29 7.62×39mm rounds from a SKS semi-automatic rifle (specifically a Chinese-made Type 56 copy)[4] at a group of tourists wearing suits on the White House lawn, specifically a tourist whose haircut was said to resemble that of U.S. President Bill Clinton.
[3] The incident was six weeks after Frank Eugene Corder crashed a Cessna into the south lawn of the White House, and prompted debate about closing off traffic on that area of Pennsylvania Avenue.
[citation needed] The most important charges in Duran's two-week trial were attempted murder of the president and four counts of assaulting a federal officer (gained while resisting the Secret Service agents).
The other charges were use of an assault weapon during a crime of violence, destruction of U.S. property, and interstate transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony.