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Michigan woman with guns arrested outside Capitol Police headquarters

By Will Vitka

A Michigan woman with a loaded shotgun and other guns was arrested Wednesday outside U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, authorities said Thursday.

Police said they arrested Kery Lynn McAttee, 58, at around 1:40 p.m. McAttee had parked her 2001 Chevrolet Silverado in a no parking zone.

According to police, she said she drove to D.C. from Michigan and wanted to talk about information she had about Jan. 6, 2021. During the conversation, an officer saw a gun case and the butt of a long gun in her truck.

There’s no evidence McAttee planned to do anything other than talk, police said.

Several firearms were found in her truck including a loaded shotgun and an unloaded rifle.

McAttee is charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of unregistered ammunition, unlawful possession/transportation of a semi-automatic rifle and unlawful possession of a firearm misdemeanor.

The case remains under investigation.

Beyond Chinatown: Researching Asian American and Pacific Islander spaces in DC

By Abigail Constantino
The paifang outside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station, officially called Friendship Archway, is the most prominent symbol of the Asian American presence in D.C. But a lot of other, more hidden places had a historical significance to Chinese and Koreans in the District, and a research project is underway to mark them. It’s called a historic context statement, and it hopes to provide a framework for evaluating sites for their importance to the story of Asian Americans in D.C. It's the first-ever historic context statement on Asian Americans in the District, and also the first major study that’s been done on Asian Americans within historic preservation in D.C., said Sojin Kim, a senior consultant of the project, who also serves on the board of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation.
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