Olson told police he packed up his “political thesis,” a flare gun, flares, two notebooks, and his backpack and began driving to Washington, D.C. on Nov. 4, 2024. He stopped at a gas station in Westland to fill his car fuel tank, as well as the water bottle and glass liquor bottle with gasoline.

U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man at the visitors center who smelled like fuel and was carrying a torch and a flare gun, police said in a statement. The Capitol Visitor Center was closed while they investigated,

The United States Capitol Police on Tuesday revealed that they had arrested an unidentified man at the Capitol Visitor Center during security screening process because he "smelled like fuel, had a torch,