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(AP) — Se cret Service agents removed com puter equipment and several bags of other evidence Wednesday from the home of. a man shot outside the White House gates after brandishing a handgun. Before entering the residence of Robert W. Pickett, 47, officers from the Evansville police bomb squad joined Secret Service agents in scouting outside for booby traps or bombs. Four hours later, government agents wearing latex gloves carried out computer equipment, including a monitor and hard drive, a box overflowing with computer cords and five brown grocery bags. Police removed yellow crime scene tape, saying the search of Pickett’s house was complete. Included in the evidence were “volumes of papers,” that will need to be combed through, said police Detective Alan Brack. No firearms were found, Brack said. The search warrant obtained by the Secret Service said agents were looking for computer equipment that might contain letters to Presi dent Bush, Rep. John Hostettler, R- Ind., or other government agencies or officials, according to Capt. Bill Welcher of the Evansville police. The warrant also said agents were looking for firearms and for magazines that might indicate whether Pickett was a member of a militia group. Secret Service agent Jim Dennis said in the search warrant that Hostettler aides indicated that Pick ett sent letters to the congressman’s offices in Indiana and Washington in the past year about grievances Pick ett had with the Internal Revenue Service, which fired him in 1987. The aides also told the Secret Service that Pickett had gone to Hostettler’s office^ the search war rant said. Capitol police have asked Hostettler and his office not to talk about any contract they may have with Pickett, spokesman Michael Jahr said. Pickett was shot in the right knee by officers outside the White House gates shortly before noon Wednes day. He was taken to a nearby hos pital, where he underwent knee surgery. He also was go undergo psychological evaluation. He was in serious condition. Teen apologizes for slaying PALATKA, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of a 15-year-old heard him on tape Wednes day, apologizing for what happened to a 12-year-old playmate police had found strangled. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for this to happen,” a sobbing John Silva said during questioning by authorities. In the rambling 3 1/2-hour state ment, Silva first said he and Jerry Lee Alley were wrestling when the - — _ younger boy hit his head and began bleeding. “I panicked, I did not know what to do,” Silva said. Silva denied knowledge of his playmate being tied up, but later said: “I tied his hands so he wouldn't hurt himself.” I panicked, I did not know what to do.” A medical examiner testified that the boy was stran gled by an Ace bandage and an electrical cord. His hands and feet were bound behind his back by another bandage. Early on the tape, Silva said he did not plan the killing. 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