A Michigan man is in custody Tuesday morning after illegally parking his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court and starting a standoff with police.
At approximately 9:30 a.m., U.S. Capitol Police officers saw the man in his illegally parked Chevy Tahoe.
Jason Bell, Capitol Police’s deputy chief of operational forces, said at a briefing that the man refused to talk and “made a statement to the effect of ‘Time for talking is done.'”
Crisis negotiation officers tried to speak with the man, Bell said, but the man refused.
At approximately 11 a.m., Capitol Police approached the SUV and removed him from it.
He was arrested for failure to obey and assault on a police officer.
According to Capitol Police, no weapons have been found yet. The vehicle is still being searched.
Asked at a briefing whether or not the incident could be politically motivated, Bell said: “It’s still active investigation. We don’t have motivation at this time.”
