DC police arrest man at VP’s mansion carrying rifle, large capacity clip

Published March 17, 2021 2:32 PM PDT

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the travelling press during her visit at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, Nevada on March 15, 2021. - Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Las Vegas Monday to promote the $1.9 trillion Covid relief pack

D.C. police say a man they arrested outside of the Vice President’s residence on Wednesday afternoon had a rifle and a large capacity clip.

D.C. police responded to the scene in the 3400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest around 12:12 p.m. 

U.S. Secret Service agents told FOX 5 that they’d also detained a man at that address.

Police charged Paul Murray, 31, of San Antonio with carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside of a business, possession of unregistered ammunition and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

A rifle and ammunition were recovered from his vehicle.

Investigators have not indicated what the man was doing outside Number One Observatory Circle.

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