COACHELLA, Calif. — A Nevada man with a shotgun, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his car was arrested at a safety checkpoint exterior Donald Trump’s rally Saturday evening within the Southern California desert, authorities stated Sunday. He was launched Saturday on $5,000 bail.
The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was driving a black SUV that was stopped by deputies assigned to the rally in Coachella, east of Los Angeles, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division stated in an announcement.
The person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity journal, the division stated.
“This incident didn’t influence the security of former President Trump or attendees of the occasion,” the assertion stated.
The suspect is scheduled to seem in courtroom on Jan. 2, 2025, in keeping with on-line information.
Media members, in addition to VIP ticket holders, had been routed by means of a lot of intersections manned by state and native regulation enforcement officers earlier than arriving at a big, grassy space the place drivers had been requested to open hoods and trunks, and every car was searched by a Ok-9 officer. Different basic ticket holders had been directed to a website roughly 3 miles away from the rally, the place they had been boarded onto buses and pushed to the positioning.
Trump’s marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the arrest.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco deliberate a day information convention to debate the arrest.
