Feds Accuse Maryland Man of Carrying Semi-Automatic Handgun in Restricted Capitol Grounds on Jan. 6

An eight-foot-tall steel fence topped with concertina razor wire circles the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Justice Department has accused a Maryland man of carrying a semi-automatic handgun and ammunition during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building, among 9 other charges.

A superseding indictment from the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that Christopher Alberts was carrying an Taurus G2C semi-automatic handgun on Capitol grounds without a licence on Jan. 6 where the vice president and vice-president elect were visiting, and that he also had in his possession a “large capacity ammunition feeding device.”