Veteran Sets Fire to Immigration Building | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A U.S. Army veteran set off fireworks, poured gasoline on stairs, and fired a pellet gun outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, narrowly missing a bystander attending an asylum hearing — all while protesting ICE. Wearing a military helmet and pulling a protest cart, he was swiftly arrested by federal officers, who recovered two airsoft rifles. He claimed the building was his target and didn’t care if people got hurt. The incident forced some agencies to shut down for the day, canceled a naturalization ceremony, and drew a mayor’s statement calling it deeply disturbing — though no one was seriously injured. The suspect, who served from 2001 to 2005, cooperated with authorities and now faces charges as the FBI and NYPD continue investigating. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/827b75013b7c8062