The Metropolitan Police Department arrested two individuals who assaulted a police officer outside of the Kamala Harris rally at the Ellipse on Tuesday night.
Authorities in Washington, D.C. arrested two suspects for allegedly assaulting a police officer near Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign rally on Tuesday night.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told Fox News Digital that the arrests took place at around 7:00 p.m. in the area of 17th St. and Constitution Ave., Northwest, which is located a few blocks south of the White House.
The suspects – one man and one woman – were arrested right outside the perimeter of the Ellipse, the park where Harris held her rally. The campaign event was ongoing at the time of the arrests, with Harris taking the stage at around 7:40 p.m.
An MPD spokesperson said that an individual “attempted to cross a police line near the intersection of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest.
