USFeatured TopicsJan. 6 Coverage

Texas Man Trapped in US Capitol Tunnel Stampede Arrested by FBI on Jan. 6 Charges

A Texas man buried in a stampede when police deployed gas into the Lower West Terrace tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with five crimes.
Save
Texas Man Trapped in US Capitol Tunnel Stampede Arrested by FBI on Jan. 6 Charges
Protester Philip Anderson is pulled out from under a pile of bodies at the mouth of the Lower West Terrace tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021. Metropolitan Police Department/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
Updated:
0:00

A Texas man buried in a stampede when police deployed gas into the Lower West Terrace tunnel on Jan. 6, 2021, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with five crimes related to his time at the U.S. Capitol.

Philip Anderson, 28, of Mesquite, Texas, was charged in a criminal complaint with two felonies: civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
Reporter
Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
Related Topics