Cop who cut short attack on congressman’s office is a Marine veteran

The police officer who responded to an attack May 15 at a congressman’s office in Virginia ― in which a man allegedly hit two staffers with a baseball bat ― was a Marine veteran with multiple deployments under his belt.

Former Marine Staff Sgt. James Lewis, a master police officer with the City of Fairfax Police Department, was patrolling a Fairfax, Virginia, neighborhood when he heard over his radio about an incident at the nearby office of Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Virginia, he said in an emailed response to questions from Marine Corps Times on May 26.

Lewis determined that he was only a few blocks away from the office. So he put his lights and sirens on, and with the help of citizens on the scene, he was able to find the exact office quickly, he told Marine Corps Times.