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 The U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland said Ronald Anderson, 48,
was charged over the April 9 shooting and abduction, which officials
said ended in a gunfight between the man and Washington D.C. police.
The attorney's office statement contradicted initial police reports
that Anderson and a woman whom he had kidnapped were arguing in a
car when he shot an approaching guard.
Prosecutors said on Friday that Anderson kidnapped someone at
gunpoint and drove the captive back to his Maryland apartment
complex. While driving, he called a woman telling her to meet him
there.
 After the woman arrived, the suspect somehow managed to escape
Anderson's car and got into the woman's vehicle. The two then sped
away from Anderson, who gave chase, prosecutors said.
The woman drove to the census bureau, knowing there would be armed
guards, and accidentally crashed into a light pole, prosecutors
said. A firefight between Anderson and two guards ensued, ending
with one of the guards being fatally wounded.
After fleeing the scene, Anderson led police on a chase through
Washington D.C. while firing at officers, officials said.
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The pursuit ended with another gunfight, in which Anderson was
struck several times and an officer was shot in the leg, according
to officials.
Anderson was charged with murder, kidnapping, discharging a firearm
and causing death by use of a firearm during a crime of violence,
prosecutors said.
The prosecutor's office said Anderson faces a maximum sentence of
life in prison or the death penalty if convicted. Anderson is still
under medical treatment, prosecutors said.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Jeremy
Laurence)
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