Man with rifles arrested in car near Vice Presidential mansion
Police in DC said a man who arrested them outside the vice president’s residence on Wednesday afternoon had a gun and a large clutch.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) – Police in DC said a man who arrested them outside the vice president’s residence on Wednesday afternoon had a gun and a large clutch.
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DC police responded to the scene in the 3400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, at about 12:12 p.m.
U.S. Secret Service agents told FOX 5 that they also detained a man at that address.
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Police have charged Paul Murray, 31, of San Antonio, with carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside a business, possessing unregistered ammunition and possessing a large ammunition ability. feed.
A rifle and ammunition were recovered from his vehicle.
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Investigators did not indicate what the man did outside the number one observatory. However, a source from the DC police told FOX 5 the man told uniformed service uniforms that he wanted to talk to the president.
According to the internal police bulletins obtained by FOX 5, Murray apparently experienced paranoid errors and thought the government was behind him. He purchased an AR-15 and told his mother that he was in DC to ‘look after his problem’.
According to authorities, Murray was a drone operator of the military who began service in 2010 and was medically discharged in 2014. According to documents, he recently complained to the police that he is not getting support from veteran matters and that he is not using prescribed medication.