{"id":2656043,"date":"2026-09-08T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-guard-member-charged-with-pointing-gun-at-dc-colleague\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:42:52","slug":"national-guard-member-charged-with-pointing-gun-at-dc-colleague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-guard-member-charged-with-pointing-gun-at-dc-colleague\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard member charged with pointing gun at DC colleague"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnational-guard-member-charged-with-pointing-gun-at-dc-colleague%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2656043&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Georgia National Guard member,Zion Mitchell,aged 21,was arrested and is facing two felony charges after allegedly brandishing a loaded weapon at a colleague during a patrol in Washington,D.C. The incident stemmed from a dispute over military grooming regulations with a female service member.Mitchell has been charged with assault with a perilous weapon and posession of a firearm during a violent crime, and he is currently held without bond in jail.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\">National Guard<\/a> member from Georgia is in jail facing two felony charges after being accused of pointing his loaded weapon at a colleague while patrolling <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zion Mitchell, 21, was arrested last week after allegedly getting into an argument over military grooming regulations with a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >female fellow service member<\/a>. 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