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Metro Atlanta man arrested at U.S. Capitol on gun charges

Robert Combs was arrested Thursday after police said they found a gun in his car near the nation's capitol.

A metro Atlanta man was arrested Thursday morning by U.S. Capitol police on gun charges.

Police said Robert Wesley Combs, 23, of Monroe, Ga., was arrested on New Jersey Avenue around 9 am during what they called a "routine parking enforcement" and saw a firearm in a parked vehicle.

Police said Combs arrived on the scene while they were investigating.

A subsequent search, according to police, found the weapon, ammunition and other items recovered from the vehicle.

Combs has been charged with interstate transportation of firearms; unregistered firearm, and unregistered ammunition. Additional charges are pending, but police said there is no indication of any connection to terrorism.

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