Man arrested for trying to bring "ghost gun" into Capitol Hill office building

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Washington — A Maryland antheral has been charged with trying to bring a "ghost gun" into a House bureau gathering past week, CBS News has learned, the latest apprehension involving firearms connected Capitol Hill.

Jason White, 35, allegedly tried to bring the weapon done a information checkpoint astatine the Cannon House Office Building soon aft 8:30 a.m. of June 24. The firearm was detected erstwhile White placed his container done a metallic detector astatine an entranceway to the building, according to police.

The House was successful league astatine the time, with lawmakers and staffers arriving astatine the Capitol analyzable for a bid of committee hearings.

"There was nary serial fig contiguous anyplace connected the firearm," according to an affidavit shared with CBS News. The filing said it had a tube magnitude of little than 12 inches and was "fully functional." Ghost guns are typically made from kits and tin beryllium assembled astatine home, making them untraceable by instrumentality enforcement.

White was arrested and told officers helium had forgotten helium had the weapon successful his bag, a constabulary authoritative told CBS News.

The affidavit said White is not licensed to transportation a weapon successful Washington, D.C., and has an expired licence for a firearm successful Maryland. White is facing a felony transgression charge. His lawyer did not instantly instrumentality requests for comment.

A CBS News reappraisal of constabulary records shows determination person been much than 20 arrests for unlawful firearms possession connected Capitol Hill truthful acold this year. There were 18 specified arrests successful each of 2023.