A shirtless man who took out a loaded gun at a U.S. Secret Service police booth outside the White House told officers, “I was only going to fire a couple of shots if no one confronted me,” according to court documents, NBCWashington reported Thursday.
Christopher Wade Briggs was arrested Tuesday afternoon when officers saw him take a semi-automatic .45-caliber handgun from a backpack and attach it to his belt holster.
The gun was loaded with 13 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber, according to NBC. Officers found two more magaziness with 13 rounds, 171 more rounds of .45-caliber, hollow-point ammunition and two hunting knives with serrated edges on his property. They did not find a license to carry or any gun permit in his name.
