White House Arrest: Texas Man Had Gun, Knives, Say Accounts on Twitter

A Texas man was arrested outside the White House on Tuesday afternoon, according to accounts posted on Twitter. The man reportedly had knives and a gun on him.
White House Arrest: Texas Man Had Gun, Knives, Say Accounts on Twitter
Jack Phillips
7/16/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

A Texas man was arrested outside the White House on Tuesday afternoon, according to accounts posted on Twitter. The man reportedly had knives and a gun on him.

Doug Mills with the New York Times posted photos of the man--who was shirtless and wearing blue jeans--getting taken away by Secret Service agents.

Mills said the man had an unregistered gun and ammunition.

Mike Majchrowitz, a correspondent with Fox News, wrote on Twitter that the man was from Texas, and he also had two knives on him.

Majchrowitz said no shots were fired and there were no injuries.

The Secret Service officers were uniformed, Mills said.

“What do you expect to happen to you when you are in front of the White House carrying knives and a gun?” wrote one Twitter user as news of the arrest spread.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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