The Secret Service arrested a man Thursday night near the White House after officers found him in a parked vehicle with multiple guns and ammunition and he told them he heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Donald Trump. Officers approached Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos after observing him acting suspiciously in a parked car, according to a Department of Homeland Security statement. Chrinos described hearing voices instructing him to come to Washington and kill the president, the statement said.
Officers subsequently discovered the vehicle had been reported stolen and found three firearms and dozens of rounds of ammunition inside. Chrinos has been charged and is in U.S. Marshals Service custody. The department described Chrinos as an immigrant from Venezuela who entered the country illegally through Texas in March 2024.
The arrest is the latest in a series of cases in which the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies have detained individuals who threatened Trump or members of his family since he returned to office last year. The White House referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service.