Man With Machete Arrested at US Capitol During Jimmy Carter Public Visitations

Officers noticed the machete as the man’s bag was being scanned through an X-ray machine.

A joint services military body bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter up the steps into the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP

Capitol Police in Washington arrested a man who tried to enter the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center with three knives and a machete on Wednesday afternoon.

The arrest occurred as members of the public were filing into the Capitol Rotunda to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who has been lying in state since Tuesday.