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Attack Foiled! Man With Explosives, Assault Rifles, Captured On The Way To Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade

  • by: Alan Duke
  • (Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:42:57 Z)

Los Angeles police arrested a man who was driving a car loaded with guns and explosives and who said he was on his way to a gay Pride parade in West Hollywood Sunday.

The arrest comes just hours after 50 people were killed in a terror attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

A police alert concerning the arrest said the car was stopped in Santa Monica, just a few miles from the large Pride celebration.

"Inside the vehicle units discovered 5 lbs mixed tannerite type powder with assault weapons, long rifles clips loaded and taped together, camouflage outfit, and a security badge."

"The suspect who was taken into custody state he was here for the West Hollywood festival"


The Los Angeles Times reports:

Early Sunday, Santa Monica police received a call of a suspected prowler near Olympic Boulevard and 11th Street. Patrol officers responded and encountered an individual who told officers he was waiting for a friend. That led officers to inspect the car and find several weapons and a lot of ammunition as well as tannerite, an ingredient that could be used to create a pipe bomb.

The car had Indiana plates. The man was arrested and made comments that he was in town for the Pride event in West Hollywood this weekend. The festival is going ahead with tightened security, and police are looking for the friend mentioned by the suspect.

The annual L.A. Pride parade, which is a celebrity-filled annual event, went on as scheduled but with extra security focus.

About the author:

Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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