A Massachusetts man carrying a handgun in his waistband was arrested this week shortly after receiving a tour of the Capitol, and an officer who performed a security search and let the man in the building has been suspended pending an investigation, police announced Thursday.
James A. Faber, 27, was found leaving the Library of Congress on Tuesday afternoon with a 9 mm handgun and a magazine containing eight rounds of ammunition, according to Capitol Police.
“USCP security video shows the man entered through the south [Capitol Visitor Center] checkpoint. After the magnetometers sounded, an officer performed a secondary hand search, and the man was let into the building,” Capitol Police said in a statement Thursday.
