A man who threatened to detonate a bomb on Capitol Hill surrendered to police on Thursday, ending an hours-long confrontation that shook lawmakers still reeling from the pro-Trump uprising in January.
The incident prompted evacuations and major police responses, sending shivers through a city that had been on high alert for months since the tragic US Capitol riot.
Authorities said the man, Floyd Ray Roseberry of North Carolina, was streaming live from his vehicle on social media, attacking President Joe Biden and Democrats, threatening a “revolution,” and whining about the US government and its conduct in Afghanistan.
He allegedly said that four more sets of explosives were waiting in Washington and that if police used deadly action against him, they would be detonated along with his bomb.
Officers and FBI officials blocked off much of the complex while negotiating with the driver, who police claimed seemed to be holding a detonator. It was suddenly finished after four hours of drama.
The USCP stated in a statement that a further search by police authorities revealed no bomb in the vehicle parked on the curb close to the Library of Congress, but that “potential bomb building materials were gathered from the truck.”
Manger said it was unknown what Roseberry’s motivations were, but he made a series of bizarre threats and demanded to talk with the president on Facebook Live.
