WASHINGTON – Police arrested a 19-year-old man after he rammed a rented U-Haul truck into a security barrier the White House Monday night. reports that there was a nazi flag inside the truck.
Police charged Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Missouri with assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, killing/abducting/causing grievous hurt of a president, vice president, or family member, destroying federal property , and accused of trespassing. According to a statement from the United States Park Police. He is accused of intentionally crashing the truck into the breach barrier in Lafayette Square Washington DC, Just north of the White House.
The suspect reportedly had a Nazi flag
Police did not say what Kandula’s alleged motives were. However, WUSA9, a local TV news site, posted a picture of a Nazi flag on the sidewalk after the incident, and The Washington Post, citing a federal official, confirmed that the flag had come from the truck.
A law enforcement official told NBC News that while being taken into custody, the suspect made threatening statements about the White House. No weapon or explosive was found inside the truck, the official said.
“No Secret Service or White House personnel were injured, and the cause and manner of the accident are under investigation,” Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.