Overview
- Synagogue security detected a weapon with a walk-through metal detector and handheld wand and detained the man before police arrived, preventing him from entering for Shabbat services.
- Officers arrested 32-year-old Tyler Finn of Lynchburg, Virginia, and charged him with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition.
- A court affidavit and police reports say officers recovered a fully loaded Ruger .357-caliber revolver from the suspect’s waistband.
- Some outlets have reported he also carried two pocket knives and that he was part of a Liberty University class visit, but those details remain unconfirmed by multiple official sources.
- Community security groups and the Jewish Federation praised the synagogue’s screening, said there is no known ongoing threat to the Greater Washington Jewish community, and urged continued vigilance.