The United States Capitol Police (USCP) said an armed man who took a U.S. Capitol tour and visited the Library of Congress was arrested on Tuesday. USCP said it received information about a man in the area with mental health issues and suicidal thoughts who was allegedly armed.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Massachusetts man stopped shortly after taking a tour on the U.S. Capitol grounds Tuesday was found with a gun in his waistband and had been experiencing mental health issues, according to U.S. Capitol Police (USCP).
The 27-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested after Capitol police officers found him leaving the Library of Congress, police said.
The U.S. Secret Service and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police found the man in a Washington hotel early Tuesday morning and interviewed him, sources said. They searched for a gun and found no weapon and no further action was taken at that time, they said.
A Massachusetts man was arrested after entering the US Capitol with a concealed handgun. No injuries were reported, and there was no evidence of intent to harm Congress. The officer who allowed entry is suspended,
A Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday on gun charges after he was found with a pistol in his waistband soon after touring the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., police said.
The U.S. Secret Service and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department originally spoke to the man in a hotel on Tuesday morning. ABC reports they were responding to an alert from the Carlisle Police Department about a man with a gun who had expressed suicidal ideations on social media and was headed to Washington.
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