A Hill staffer arrested on felony gun charges at the Capitol Friday morning is a graduate of Columbine High School, where an infamous mass-shooting occurred and where his father was on the scene as a first responder.
Ryan Shucard, who joined the office of Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) in May, was arrested at 9:15 a.m. According to an earlier Roll Call article, he brought an unlicensed 9mm handgun and magazine into the Cannon House Office Building and was detained while going through building security. He was placed immediately on unpaid leave from Marino's staff.
Shucard graduated from Columbine Senior High School in Littleton, Colo. in 2006. Columbine was the site of a 1999 school shooting which claimed the lives of 15 people, including both shooters. While Shucard was not in that school at the time, his father was a police officer who responded to the scene of the shootings.
Previously, Shucard was a staff assistant and special projects assistant for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) from 2011-2013. During his year off the Hill, he worked for DDC Advocacy and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries.
