Armed Man Arrested Near White House After Threat to Trump
National News - On the evening of Thursday, November 5, 2026, U.S. Secret Service officers stopped to check on a man sitting in a parked car on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The officers said he was acting suspicious.
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the man told officers that voices in his head were telling him to come to Washington, D.C. and kill President Donald Trump. Officers then learned the car had been reported stolen.
The man admitted he had weapons in the car. Officers found three guns, one of them a rifle, along with dozens of rounds of ammunition. DHS says the guns included an AR-15 style weapon, a Mac 10 and a Glock 43X.
Officers arrested him on the spot. DHS identified him as Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos.
Chrinos is charged with carrying a rifle outside of a home or business, possession of certain dangerous weapons, carrying a pistol without a license, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, theft and receiving stolen property. He also faces three counts each of unlawful transportation of a firearm, unregistered firearms and unregistered ammunition.
DHS says Chrinos is from Venezuela and is in the country illegally. The agency says he crossed into the United States through Texas in March 2024 and was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol. According to DHS, the Biden Administration then released him into the country.
Chrinos is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on him, which is a request to hold him so immigration officials can take custody.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin gave credit to the officers who made the arrest.
"Thanks to our brave Secret Service officers, this illegal alien with three firearms in his vehicle was arrested near the White House before he could harm anyone," said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "On top of threatening President Trump, he is an illegal alien from Venezuela who had no business being in our country in the first place. This is just an example of the incredible work done by the men and women of the Secret Service every single day as they put their lives on the line to protect our nation's leaders. It's an honor to work alongside Director Sean Curran and all of the patriots at the U.S. Secret Service."
Secret Service Director Sean Curran said his agency is seeing more threats like this one.
"This is the latest example of Secret Service personnel relying on extensive training and experience to deescalate a volatile situation that posed an imminent threat to our protectees and other Americans," said U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran. "This incident reflects the heightened threat environment in which we operate, as well as the continued number of armed individuals who are drawn to the White House complex. While our personnel are trained to respond to situations like this and we remain confident in our tactics, we are alarmed by the increase in threat cases that continue to arise. The Secret Service will continue expanding our focus on proactively investigating and identifying individuals who make threats to our protectees, in order to disrupt threats before they arrive in Washington."
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