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Washington. (AP)- U.S. Capitol Police arrested a Kansas man Monday morning when he tried to enter a House office building with an unloaded gun.
The accused, Joshua Wheeler, 25, was an intern with Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins, a spokesman confirmed.
“Mr. Wheeler used poor judgment and was immediately placed on temporary leave,” said Tom Brandt, the congressman’s spokesman.
Capitol Police Lt. Kimberly Schneider said in a statement that Wheeler, of Atchison, Kansas, was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possessing an unregistered firearm and taken into custody.
She said that a search of Wheeler, required for entry into congressional buildings, allegedly turned up an unloaded Smith & Wesson 9 mm handgun.
© Associated Press
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