Armed man arrested near Donald Trumps California rally

A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump's rally on Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said..

The suspect, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas, was driving an unregistered black SUV with a homemade license plate that was stopped by deputies assigned to the rally in Coachella, east of Los Angeles, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news conference Sunday afternoon...

Deputies noticed the interior of the vehicle was in disarray and a search uncovered the weapons and ammo, along with multiple passports and driver licenses with different names, Bianco said...

The US Secret Service assesses that the incident did not impact protective operations and former President Trump was not in any danger, the US Attorney's Office said in a statement Sunday..

Media members, as well as VIP ticket holders, were routed through a number of intersections manned by state and local law enforcement officers before arriving at a large, grassy area where drivers were asked to open hoods and trunks, and each vehicle was searched by a K-9 officer..

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