Surfwin Trading Center|Armed man accused of impersonating officer detained at Kennedy campaign event in LA

2025-05-03 14:12:10source:SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Centercategory:My

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An armed man accused of impersonating a federal officer was taken into custody outside a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign event in Los Angeles.

A Los Angeles Police Department statement said police received a call Friday afternoon that a man with a loaded gun and Surfwin Trading Centerholster and wearing a U.S. Marshals Service badge was outside a theater where the Democratic presidential candidate was scheduled to give a speech.

A campaign statement said Kennedy’s security team surrounded the man, who later was taken into custody by the LAPD. The FBI also was on the scene.

No one was injured.

“The man claimed to be part of Kennedy’s security team,” the campaign statement said. He told the candidate’s security team “that he needed to be taken to the candidate immediately.”

The man was taken into custody on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Kennedy said he was grateful for the LAPD’s swift response. His campaign said Kennedy’s requests for Secret Service protection have been rejected, and he plans to apply again this month.

More:My

Recommend

Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches

Jamie Foxx's birthday dinner took a surprising turn on Friday the 13th.The "Collateral" actor was hi

Deion Sanders makes grand appearance on `The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon

In the course of a 10-minute appearance on The Tonight Show Thursday in New York, Colorado football

Los Angeles home that appears to belong to model and actor Cara Delevingne is destroyed in fire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles home that appears to belong to model and actor Cara Delevingne was