Tear gas is released into a crowd of protesters during clashes with Capitol police at the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, on Jan 6, 2021. FBI agents tracked down Reffitt through a news video, showing a man outside the US Capitol building using a water bottle to flush out his eyes after apparently being pepper-sprayed. — Reuters
FORT WORTH, Texas: A Wylie man arrested over the weekend for going inside of the US Capitol on Jan 6 told his family he went there “to protect the country” and threatened to shoot his children if they turned him in, authorities say.
Guy Reffitt took his gun with him when they “stormed the Capitol” and recorded some of the events on his Go Pro camera that he was wearing on his helmet, according to a federal criminal complaint.
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