3 Men Arrested Near All-Star Game Face Federal Gun Charges

3 Men Arrested Near All-Star Game Face Federal Gun Charges
(L-R) Richard Platt, Gabriel Rodriguez, Ricardo Rodriguez. Denver Police Department via AP
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DENVER—Three men arrested with more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a Denver hotel near the site of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game have been charged with federal firearms crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.

The number of weapons found May 9 near the event and a request by one of the men for a room with a balcony raised concerns among police of a possible mass shooting but the FBI soon said it had no reason to believe the arrests were connected to terrorism or that there was a threat to the game.