Law & Crime reports:
A former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces and military contractor was arrested on Wednesday and charged with felony assault on a police officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., federal authorities accused Virginia resident Jeffrey McKellop of using a metal flagpole to beat four officers with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD Officers 1-4), including one police captain who suffered a laceration near his left eye.
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Capitol Siege Arrest: Retired U.S. Special Forces Soldier Charged with Assaulting Police Using Flagpolehttps://t.co/etATyskbCZ
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) March 18, 2021
NEW: meet Jeffrey McKellop, ex. @USArmy Special Forces, now military contractor.
Wore his real battle rattle, a #GeorgesCross & US Army special forces patch.
Viciously assaulted multiple officers.
h/t @capitolhunters
Newly unsealed charges: https://t.co/D0IPB5xocJ pic.twitter.com/Sgf34A3vSv— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 18, 2021
2/ Jeffrey McKellop caught our attention because his gear looked legit. @MalcolmNance reviewed the pics and confirmed the gear was real. This was no LARPer.
Still, seeing the body cam footage now makes it clear how many times he assaulted different cops. pic.twitter.com/quTRmOeiJY
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 18, 2021
NEW: FBI nabs Jeffrey McKellop (aka FBI 215-AFO, aka #GeorgiaCross) #SeditionHunters https://t.co/YZEPIi4q4G pic.twitter.com/5xg81r2QN4
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 18, 2021