Tyrone Turner / WAMU
Originally published on January 17, 2021 3:36 pm
Police have arrested two more people near security checkpoints in Washington, D.C., where security is heightened over concerns about potential violence on fast-approaching Inauguration Day.
Early Sunday morning, a 22-year-old Virginia man carrying a firearm, three high-capacity magazines and 37 rounds of unregistered ammunition was arrested near Capitol Hill.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Guy Berry of Gordonsville, Va., was walking in the 200 block of Massachusetts Avenue NE with a Glock 22 clearly visible in a holster. Officers who stopped him concluded that he was not allowed to carry a handgun in D.C., said the police report provided to NPR.
Law enforcement agencies nationwide braced for protests by armed demonstrators nationwide
Nearly 100 armed protesters gathered outside the statehouse in Lansing, Michigan on Sunday
Similar protests were seen in New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Georgia, and Arizona
Washington D.C. has become a fortress with nearly 25,000 National Guard troops called on to protect the capital ahead of Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday
Despite the heavy military presence, a Virginia man, 22, was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm in Washington, DC, on Sunday morning
Guy Berry of Gordonsville was seen on Massachusetts Avenue with a gun clearly visible in a holster