{"id":97571,"date":"2023-11-07T21:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T03:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=97571"},"modified":"2023-11-07T21:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T03:12:06","slug":"97571","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=97571","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“Isn\u2019t it odd that people break laws with AR15s every time there is a gun control push\u2026”<\/em><\/p>\n

Armed man with AR-15 ARRESTED on Capitol Hill: Cops confirm suspect Ahmir Lavon Merrell, 21, in custody after emergency call from outside congressional offices<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Capitol Police arrested a 21-year-old man with an AR-15 rifle outside the Capitol complex Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed that the suspect apprehended on the Senate side of the Capitol was in custody after receiving an emergency call around 12:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

‘USCP Officers just arrested a man with a gun in the park across from Union Station. At this time we have no reason to believe there is an ongoing threat,’ Capitol Police wrote on X.<\/p>\n

‘We are working to gather more information and will put out more details when they are confirmed,’ continued the post.<\/p>\n

An officer told reporters that the ‘man with an AR-15’ was identified as Ahmir Lavon Merrell. Police do not believe that he had a particular motive or target.<\/p>\n

However, Chief Tom Manger said ‘the fact that he was on Capitol grounds, is a concern.’<\/p>\n

According to videos from the scene, the suspect – a black man wearing a bright orange sweat suit – was loaded into an ambulance. Police said the man was tased following a standoff with an officer before being arrested.<\/p>\n

The man was spotted in handcuffs with his hair and beard full of leaves following his capture. Merrell is from Atlanta, Georgia, and a registered sex offender who has mental health challenges, according to reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Isn\u2019t it odd that people break laws with AR15s every time there is a gun control push\u2026” Armed man with AR-15 ARRESTED on Capitol Hill: Cops confirm suspect Ahmir Lavon Merrell, 21, in custody after emergency call from outside congressional offices U.S. Capitol Police arrested a 21-year-old man with an AR-15 rifle outside the Capitol … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-snark-o-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97572,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97571\/revisions\/97572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}