White House staffer charged with firing off-duty US Capitol Police officer’s

A White House staffer was arrested and placed on unpaid leave after allegedly grabbing her boyfriend’s gun and shooting at him with his own weapon during a tense argument, police said.

Barvetta Singletary sent her boyfriend a text on Friday asking him to come to her Upper Marlboro home for sex, according to charging documents.

When she found the officer’s phones, she also retrieved his service weapon in his bag, and demanded that he give her the passwords to his phones, charging documents state.

Singletary asked her boyfriend to go to his vehicle and inside the auto asked to search his cell phone.

According to the arrest warrant obtained by WRC, when he still refused to give the passwords up, Singletary threatened, “You taught me how to use this”.

Upon her hire, a senior White House official described Singletary to Politico as having an “even keeled nature”.

Singletary then allegedly fired one round in the direction of her boyfriend; he wasn’t hit.

Singletary was arrested at the scene.

Barvetta Singletary, 37, has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in connection with the incident Friday, Prince George’s County Police said Monday.

“We are aware of the matter and have temporarily placed the employee in question on unpaid leave and revoked her access to the complex until we have more information”, Mr. Earnest said.

President Obama cited a lack of “common sense” gun control laws as the most frustrating area of presidency.

The officer fled and called 911.

Singletary previously served as deputy chief of staff to Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn before moving to the White House in 2014, where she made $125,000 annually, according to public records.

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment from TheBlaze.

In a separate statement, a spokesperson for the Capitol Police said: “We are investigating the matter mindful on the underlying criminal investigation”.

“Department employees are held to a high standard of conduct and the matter will receive a thorough review consistent with our policies and procedures”, Schneider said.