Capitol Police arrest man trying to enter the building with a hammer
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that they had arrested a man who was trying to enter the building with a hammer.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that they had arrested a man who was trying to enter the building with a hammer.
The hammer was discovered Friday when 33-year-old Christopher Snow was going through security at the Capitol Visitor Center, according to Capitol Police.
The hammer on a man who was trying to get into the Capitol today.Capitol PoliceAn officer discovered the hammer inside the man's backpack as it went through an X-ray machine, but the man "attempted to grab the bag and became combative" when the officer tried to look inside the bag, USCP said in a press release.
During a "struggle," officers "deployed a Taser to stop the individual and take him into custody," according to the press release.
“These officers did what they were trained to do and stopped this man from getting into the U.S. Capitol,” USCP Captain Andrew Pecher said in the press release. “Great work from the officer who spotted the hammer, to the officers who quickly took the suspect into custody.”
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