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(NewsNation) — Police successful Milwaukee arrested an equipped antheral wearing a skis disguise a fewer blocks extracurricular of the Republican National Convention connected Tuesday.
A 21-year-old antheral was taken into custody astir 1 p.m. aft constabulary observed him “looking suspicious” and carrying a ample tactical backpack extracurricular of the information portion astatine Fiserv Forum, wherever thousands are attending the conference, the Milwaukee Police Department said successful a connection to NewsNation.
United States Capitol Police stopped the fishy and recovered a concealed limb successful his backpack, authorities said.
The fishy does not person a ineligible concealed transportation licence successful Wisconsin oregon immoderate different state, they added.
Charges were pending Wednesday, taxable to reappraisal by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
The apprehension came 1 time aft Ohio constabulary officers stationed successful Milwaukee for the normal changeable and killed a antheral who was wielding 2 knives adjacent the arena.
Five members of the Columbus, Ohio, constabulary section fired connected the man, who had a weapon successful each hand, refused constabulary commands and charged astatine an unarmed antheral earlier constabulary fired, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said astatine a quality conference.
Two knives were recovered from the scene, authorities said.
Thousands of officers from aggregate jurisdictions are successful Milwaukee providing further information for the convention, which is slated to tally until Thursday.
Milwaukee residents and activists rapidly converged connected the tract of the shooting, galore of them expressing outrage astir the engagement of a constabulary section successful municipality due to the fact that of the convention.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
