Police arrested a Florida man near the White House for threatening to kill President Trump.
Authorities took Roger Hedgpeth, 25, into custody after he approached a Secret Service agent outside of the commander in chief’s residence on Saturday and said he was there to “assassinate” Trump.
“I am here to assassinate President Donald Trump,” he told the Secret Service agent, according to a police report. “I have a knife to do it with.”
Police confiscated a 3.5 in. knife from Hedgpeth, as well as his car. Hedgpeth also had an empty pistol holster on his hip. He was charged with threatening bodily harm and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Police described Hedpeth as a “critically missing/endangered person as well as a mental health consumer.” He was sent to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
