Armed man wearing tactical vest arrested outside the U.S. Capitol, police say

[Wicked Blue]

Source: NBC

An 18-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after he began rushing towards the U.S. Capitol with a loaded shotgun, police said.

Officers challenged the man, who was wearing a tactical vest and gloves, and ordered him to drop his weapon, which he complied with, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan told reporters.

Sullivan said the man laid down the weapon and then lay down on the ground before being taken into custody by U.S. Capitol Police officers on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.

Sullivan said that the suspect had additional rounds on himself. In addition to the tactical vest, the chief said the man had on tactical gloves. Police also discovered a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask inside the suspect's vehicle, a white Mercedes SUV, which was parked near the building.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/armed-man-wearing-tactical-vest-arrested-us-capitol-police-say-rcna259411

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. No 'apparent' motive? Or just not one that they want to print?

[UpInArms]

2. Was he with ICE?

was the car a rental?

[thomski64]

9. Mommy and Daddy's Benz..

[Raven123]

3. Contrast the Capitol Police reaction to someone armed running toward the Capitol

With the actions of ICE attacking peaceful protestors, some with holstered weapons, many with harmless cellphone cameras.

[mgardener]

4. Are....

Thoughts and prayers appropriate?

[NickB79]

5. Just a late-to-the-party J6'er

Give that man a pardon.

[groundloop]

7. Yep, nothing more than an innocent tourist.

[chowder66]

6. I guess it wasn't a sneak attack.

[Polybius]

8. "18-year-old man" sounds weird to me

I get why it's factually correct, but it still seems like a kid.

[usonian]

10. The man, calling himself John Barron, was returned to his room in the White House

and sedated with a valium-loaded fake Diet Coke.

[Martin68]

11. It is weird that this headline emphasizes a tactical vest and ignores a loaded shotgun.