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A West Virginia man with a handgun and 20 rounds of ammunition was arrested near the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.
Dennis Westover, 71, was arrested after a U.S. Capitol Police officer saw him park his vehicle in the middle of the intersection of Second Street and Washington Avenue SW, which is located outside the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
The officer contacted Westover and asked him if he had a gun inside the vehicle. He told the officer about the gun and ammunition, the Capitol Police said in a Thursday news release. The weapon was a .9 mm Sig Sauer handgun, according to the
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