Secy of claimed that the victim walked up to the agents with the intent to slay several of them. White House Deputy Chief of Staff posted on X that an “assassin tried to murder federal agents.” Neither of these…correspond with the video evidence.

police say had a firearms permit, & that open carry is legal in the state for permit holders. Video of the incident shows him holding a phone, not a gun. Officers do not seem to have realized he was armed until after they pinned him to the ground, & the video does not show them opening fire until *after* they have taken away his pistol.

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