A Mississippi man carrying a firearm was arrested Monday at the North Barricade of the U.S. Capitol, police said.
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) identified the man as 67-year-old Wendell J. Royster from Columbia, Mississippi, and said he drove to the Capitol’s North Barricade on Constitution Avenue at 11:22 a.m. in a rented vehicle before asking an officer for direction to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a USCP press release.
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