Armed man held at security checkpoint in Washington ahead of inauguration

A man with a loaded handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition has been arrested in Washington at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol, authorities said.

Wesley Allen Beeler of Virginia had driven to a checkpoint on Friday and tried to use a phony credential to access the restricted area where President-elect Joe

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Biden will be inaugurated next week, according to a document filed in a court. Beeler was arrested on charges of possessing an unregistered firearm and ammunition, a police report said.

Washington is under a high state of alert ahead of Biden’s inauguration, after a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6.