Voices told me to kill Trump: Venezuela man arrested near White House with firearms

A routine Secret Service patrol near the White House took a disturbing turn on Thursday night when an officer approached a suspicious pickup truck and discovered that the man inside was armed.

A search of the stolen vehicle uncovered an AR-15 rifle, two handguns and ammunition. The suspect, a 30-year-old Venezuelan national, reportedly told authorities that voices in his head had instructed him to kill President Donald Trump.

The arrest took place shortly before midnight on Thursday, when a US Secret Service officer on patrol spotted a blue Ford F-150 parked on Constitution Avenue, near the White House complex.

The officer approached the vehicle after noticing suspicious activity and asked the man whether he was safe and whether he had any weapons.

According to a criminal complaint filed in DC Superior Court, Guanipa-Chrinos nodded in response to the question about weapons and made a finger-gun gesture. He subsequently got out of the vehicle and spoke to investigators through Google Translate.