Armed Venezuelan man arrested near the White House told officers voices urged Trump's killing, DHS says

Summary

A Venezuelan man who had guns in a vehicle and told officers that voices urged the killing of President Donald Trump was arrested on Thursday near the White House, the federal government said, NBC News reported, CBS News headlining that the armed man planned to kill Trump, DHS says. Secret Service officers found three weapons in the suspect's vehicle, CBS News reported, the suspect having allegedly told officers of hearing voices that said to come to Washington and assassinate the president. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the U.S. Secret Service says the suspect has been taken into custody and charged after officers found the man in a vehicle near the White House with multiple guns, and NBC News's Tom Winter that the Secret Service said the man, a Venezuelan migrant in the U.S. illegally, was arrested with an arsenal of weapons in the car and threatened to kill President Trump.

Latest: A Venezuelan man who had guns in a vehicle and told officers that voices urged the killing of President Donald Trump was arrested on Thursday near the White House, the federal government said, NBC News reported, CBS News saying Secret Service officers found three weapons in the suspect's vehicle and The Philadelphia Inquirer that the suspect has been taken into custody and charged.

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