A person with two Molotov cocktails has been arrested by the US Capitol Police alongside Massachusetts Avenue, west of North Capitol Street.
The police stated in a press release that the arrest came about at 3.30pm on Wednesday. The man threw one of many two Molotov cocktails at two officers whereas attempting to mild it, stated the assertion.
“USCP officers arrested a man with two Molotov cocktails around 3.30pm along Massachusetts Avenue, west of North Capitol Street,” the division stated.
The man, recognized as 26-year-old Bernard L McCutcheon of Washington DC, faces expenses, together with two counts of assault on a police officer and one depend every for possession of a Molotov cocktail and assault with a lethal weapon, officers stated.
Police stated Mr McCutcheon had additionally dropped the opposite molotov cocktail – a tequila bottle crammed with a petroleum-based accelerant that was full of a sock.
He tried to run away however officers stopped him, police stated, including that the 2 officers have been handled for minor accidents.
“A backpack that had two other bottles of liquid were also recovered at the scene,” stated the assertion, including there was “no indication” that Mr McCutcheon “was targeting the US Capitol or Members of Congress”.
The division stated the suspect was not concerned in any protests within the space.
Last month, a 53-year-old man from Flint, Michigan, named Jerome Felipe parked exterior the Capitol constructing with “a fake badge, a BB gun, body armour, high capacity magazines and other ammunition”.
Mr Felipe was arrested and charged with illegal possession of high-capacity magazines and unregistered ammunition, US Capitol Police had stated.
The Capitol Police have been on a state of excessive alert ever because the Jan 6 riots final 12 months.
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