Pentagon police arrest man who drove through checkpoint and said he ‘was trying to kill people,’ court documents say

An Ethiopian male was jailed outside the Pentagon recently after Pentagon authorities state he drove through a checkpoint towards officers and later on stated, “I dislike America and I was attempting to eliminate individuals” as he was being captured, according to an affidavit submitted in federal court.

Tamirat Yehualawork, 36, is charged with utilizing “an automobile as a weapon to frighten, withstand, and hinder federal law enforcement officers while participated in their main tasks,” the affidavit stated.

Yehualawork drove a black Ford Exploration through the checkpoint on Friday night and broke off the drop arm, an unique representative with the Pentagon Force Defense Company composed in the affidavit.

” Pentagon Cops Department (PPD) officers attempted to raise a secondary barrier obstructing the automobile, however he was moving too quick and drove over the barrier prior to it might raise,” the representative stated, including that Yehualawork continued to drive towards the Pentagon.

When an officer attempted to get Yehualawork’s attention with a flashlight, the affidavit stated, he accelerated his automobile towards the officer, who pointed his weapon at the automobile and purchased it to stop. Yehualawork disregarded him and kept driving, the representative composed.

Officers were just able to stop Yehualawork when they utilized their cruisers to pin his SUV versus a parked automobile by an entryway near the Pentagon’s south car park, the affidavit stated.

Officers pulled him from his automobile after he declined to go out, authorities declared in the file.

Yehualawork screamed, “F ** k America,” the affidavit stated. “I dislike America and I was attempting to eliminate individuals,” he supposedly stated.

Yehaulawork “is an Ethiopian nationwide who got in the United States on a visa, however whose present migration status is uncertain,” the affidavit stated.

CNN has actually connected to his lawyer.

When asked why there was no public recommendation of the event, a Pentagon representative stated the Pentagon does not talk about security dangers or police concerns if there are continuous examinations of pending legal action.

CBS was the very first to report on the event.

A representative for the Pentagon Force Defense Company stated there were no other travelers in the automobile. The event stays under examination by PFPA, stated Jacqueline Yost.

” The Pentagon Force Defense Company continues to stay alert as we make sure the security and security of the Pentagon Booking and individuals who work here,” Yost stated in a declaration.

Given that the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, attacks on the premises of the Pentagon have actually been unusual, however they do take place.

In August 2021, Austin William Lanz strolled off a bus at the Pentagon and right away assaulted Pentagon law enforcement officers George Gonzalez with a knife, then utilized Gonzalez’s weapon to eliminate himself. Gonzalez passed away of his injuries.