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Man Arrested Outside Capitol With Flare Gun And Torch, Smelling Of Fuel

‘Smelled like fuel’

Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a man at the Capitol who “smelled like fuel” and was carrying a blowtorch and a flare gun on Tuesday, according to a USCP announcement.

Theman,whosenamewasnotimmediatelydisclosed,wasdetainedduringthescreeningprocesstoentertheCapitolVisitorsCenter,accordingtotheUSCP.ThearrestcomesduringatimeofincreasedsecurityaroundtheCapitolandelsewhereinWashington,D.C.,wherebarriershavebeenerectedaroundtheWhiteHouseandthevicepresident’sresidenceinanticipationoftheelectionNov.5,accordingtoFox59Monday. “Themansmelledlikefuel,hadatorch&aflaregun,”theUSCPsaidinapostonX. Thesuspect’svehiclewaslocatedbythepoliceshortlyafterthearrest,accordingtotheCapitolPolice.TheCapitolclosedtoursastheinvestigationcontinues.(WatchTheDailyCaller’sDocumentary‘Rigged’HERE) Themanallegedlyhada25-pagemanifestothatheintendedtodelivertocongress,whichallegedlycontainedanti-Israelandgovernmentstatements,asourcetoldFoxNewsreporterChadPergram.Healsoallegedlywasactingalonean