A man has been arrested after Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Police identified the man as 55-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak, The Associated Press reported.
Online records reviewed by Newsweek show Kazmierczak was booked at the county jail on Tuesday evening for third-degree assault. It was not immediately clear if Kazmierczak had an attorney.
Minneapolis police previously told Newsweek that officers working at the town hall observed a man “use a syringe to spray an unknown liquid onto US Representative Ilhan Omar.”
Just before, Omar had called for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment. In Minneapolis, tensions over federal immigration enforcement have escalated after agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens this month.
Newsweek has contacted Minneapolis Police Department for comment in an email sent outside of regular working hours.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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