Capitol police find gun with ‘giggle switch’ after armed men crash into barricade

Capitol Police say two men crashed a stolen automotive into a barricade outdoor the Capitol, and led officials on a foot chase sooner than they have been arrested Sunday. Police recovered two handguns throughout their arrest — one in all which used to be changed to show the weapon into a device gun.

Police say on Sunday afternoon, Ricardo Glass and Onosetale Okojie, each twenty years outdated, have been in a stolen white Infiniti Q50 idling at a inexperienced mild through Union Station — the buying groceries and transit hub only some blocks from the Capitol development. Suspecting the driving force may well be impaired, an officer tried to make a site visitors prevent, however the motive force sped away, crashing into a Capitol automobile barricade close to 1st and D streets in Northeast D.C.

The two men were given out of the automobile and ran clear of the crash, which took place to be close to the Capitol Police headquarters. Police chased them on foot and each have been captured in the community.

In the automobile, police discovered a Glock handgun with a 22-round prolonged mag. Hidden in a close-by flowerbed used to be a Glock with a “giggle switch,” which will flip it into a device gun, police stated.

Both are going through a number of fees together with sporting a pistol with no license, unauthorized use of a automobile and illegal ownership of a device gun.

Capitol Police stated they have got confiscated greater than 30 weapons up to now this yr.

ABC News’ Sarah Beth Hensley contributed to this file.