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Illinois Man Charged With Firing a Handgun on Capitol Grounds on Jan. 6

The FBI said John Emanuel Banuelos climbed the southwest scaffolding at the Capitol and fired two rounds into the air.
Illinois Man Charged With Firing a Handgun on Capitol Grounds on Jan. 6
A man identified by the FBI as John Banuelos fires two shots into the air from scaffolding near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Derrick Evans/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A suburban Chicago man believed to be shown on newly surfaced video firing a handgun into the air near the U.S. Capitol has been charged by federal prosecutors with five Jan. 6 crimes.

John Emanuel Banuelos, 39, of Summit, Illinois, is named in a criminal complaint unsealed on March 11 with carrying and discharging a firearm on Capitol property on Jan. 6, 2021.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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