U.S. Capitol Police suspended an officer for permitting a person with a handgun to enter the Capitol Customer Middle (CVC) Tuesday and take a guided tour.
“At approximately 2:15 p.m., the man was found leaving the Library of Congress, after the tour, and walking towards his car. He was stopped, searched, and arrested,” the regulation enforcement company wrote in a information launch.
“A small 9mm handgun was discovered, concealed in his waistband.”
The suspect was recognized as 27-year-old James A. Faber of Massachusetts and was arrested for “Unlawful Activities, Carrying a Pistol Without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition and Resisting Arrest.”
He’s being prosecuted by the U.S. legal professional’s workplace.
Police say Faber entered by way of the south CVC checkpoint and induced magnetometer alarms to go off at which level an officer carried out a secondary hand search, after which Faber was let into the constructing.
The officer who allowed him in is present process evaluate from the Capitol Police Workplace of Skilled Duty.
Presently, there isn’t a indication that Faber was coming to hurt Congress.
“Thankfully nobody was hurt,” Capitol Police wrote. “The USCP demands the highest standards when it comes to screening visitors, so a full review of this incident has already been ordered, as well as mandatory refresher training on security screening, so this never happens again.”
