Armed man arrested near White House

A man was arrested by Secret Service agents on Wednesday, accused of driving to the White House with a hunting rifle and ammunition because “someone told him that he should come.”

According to the New York Times, Renae Kapheim, a 41 year-old Iowan, was confronted by Secret Service at 12:54 p.m. one block away from the White House at 15th and E Streets. After officers grew suspicious, Kapheim consented to have his car searched, where they found a hunting rifle and ammunition in the trunk of the 2013 Volkswagen Passat.


“He said that someone had told him that he should come to the White House so he had driven to Washington to do so,” an unnamed senior law enforcement official told the New York Times. “The officers interviewed him there and realized that there needed to be further investigating because something wasn’t right.”

Kapheim was charged with possession of an illegal firearm.

The Secret Service did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment.

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