Manuel Oliver, father of Parkland shooting victim, climbed D.C. crane to call for federal action on gun violence

The father of one of the students killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting delivered a message for President Biden on Monday, four years after the deadly tragedy. Climbing a 150-foot construction tower next to the White House, Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son, Joaquin, was killed, dropped a banner calling for Mr. Biden to pass gun legislation.

He posted video and photos on social media of himself atop the crane and the banner, which read "45K people died from gun violence on your watch." 

Oliver said he is standing on the crane so the "whole world will listen to Joaquin" and had asked Mr. Biden for a meeting, but had not gotten one. Oliver was temporarily taken into custody by police.