A suspect is in custody after authorities found an “arsenal” in his auto while on his way to the Los Angeles Pride festival in West Hollywood, California.
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SANTA MONICA A vehicle with explosives and a man in camouflage and armed with a gun were seized in Santa Monica today, hours after a horrific mass killing in Florida and hours before 400,000 people were expected at a street festival in West Hollywood. The man apparently made comments that he was on his way to the Los Angeles Pride event. I want to especially thank our federal officials from the FBI and others who are amongst us today and working hard to make sure in Los Angeles and in this area. She would not provide additional details.
The typically joyous L.A. Pride Parade in West Hollywood will take on a somber tone Sunday in the wake of the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., that killed at least 20 people.
A City News Service editor described a white sedan, parked on the wrong side of a street with its doors open in Santa Monica, surrounded by police.
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The man allegedly told police he was trying to find a friend and the two were going to the LA! Officers responding to a call about a prowler encountered the man and found in his vehicle weapons, ammunition and an ingredient that could be used to create a pipe bomb, the newspaper said. The auto had IN license plates and was covered with insect debris, as if it had been driven a great distance cross-country. The suspect was arrested around 5 a.m. local time.
