A heavy metal guitarist from Indiana with long held far-right extremist views unleashed a type of pepper spray on police officers as rioters rushed into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, federal court documents allege.
Jon Ryan Schaffer, a native of Central Indiana and founder of the band Iced Earth, turned himself in to the FBI Sunday afternoon, according to Indianapolis FBI spokeswoman Chris Bavender. Schaffer, 52, was photographed inside the Capitol as rioters buoyed by President Donald Trump s false claims of a stolen election tried to stop the formal certification of electoral votes making Democrat Joe Biden the next president.
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Iced Earth guitarist John Schaffer, 52, of Columbus, Indiana, turned himself in on Sunday in Indianapolis after finding out that he was wanted by federal authorities, the FBI tweeted Sunday.
King 810 singer David Gunn was seen on video at the deadly Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot that took place the U.S. Capitol Building. In a response statement after video footage circulated, Gunn claimed there is no evidence of him inside the Capitol and that he was there to film a music video. The frontman also said he has already spoken with Federal agents since the event.
In a 13-minute video posted on Reddit (Gunn can be seen at the 10:30 mark), rioters are seen making attempts to breach the Capitol as police officers walled off an entry way with riot shields. Armed with a metal baseball bat and other large, blunt objects, the mob repeatedly attacked police, striking shields with the aforementioned objects while also hurling bulky objects their way.