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Police: Washington, DC, synagogue security found firearm on suspect who tried to enter
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
Security staff at a Washington, DC, synagogue found a firearm on a man entering the Washington Hebrew Congregation on Saturday morning, police say.
Police responded to the location at around 10:15 a.m., after the synagogue reported the incident.
Police officers met with the synagogue’s security staff, who said they had detained the man after finding the firearm with a handheld metal detector, the Metropolitan Police Department says.
Police recovered the weapon and arrested 32-year-old Tyler Finn on the scene, a police spokesperson says.
Finn, from Lynchburg, Virginia, is charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition.
There is no information yet about the suspect’s motive.
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