Washington police arrested a Texas man outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence, the United States Naval Observatory, in the nation’s capital on Wednesday and he is now facing weapons and ammunition charges.
A spokesman for the Washington Metropolitan Police said officers responded “at approximately 12:12 pm, in the 3400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW in reference to a suspicious person according to an intelligence bulletin that originated in Texas, who was detained by the US Secret Service.
The official residence of the Vice President of the United States.
Law enforcement officers contacted the man after a regional intelligence bulletin was issued for the suspect.
Police say officers arrested and prosecuted Paul Murray, 31, of San Antonio, and that they recovered a rifle and ammunition from his vehicle.
A police report obtained by Citizen Free Press shows that officers allege that Murray was in possession of an “AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, 113 unregistered rounds of ammunition, and five 30-round magazines.”
According to the police, he has been charged with several charges: carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside of a business, possession of unregistered ammunition, and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
The United States Secret Service told Citizen Free Press in a statement that agents from the Uniformed Division detained the man before the Metropolitan Police arrived on the scene.
A Secret Service official says none of the agency’s protégés were at the residence at the time of the incident.