Austin’s NBC News affiliate reports:
The Austin Fire Department Arson Investigators and the FBI announced an arrest in an incident involving a person who tried to vandalize and start a fire at the Travis County Democratic Party Headquarters earlier this week. On Friday, AFD identified the man as Ryan Faircloth, 30.
An arrest warrant released on Friday for Faircloth said surveillance footage from the office saw a maroon-colored F150 truck traveling north on Navasota without headlights. Shortly after, Faircloth is seen dressed in an American flag face covering, American flag head-covering, gray-colored shirt and black shorts.
The warrant then says Faircloth exits the camera view and comes back in with a “dark colored bottle with a light-colored material sticking out of the top, later identified as an improvised explosive device (commonly referred to as a Molotov Cocktail).”
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JUST IN: Arrest made in Wednesday’s arson incident at the Travis County Democratic Party office in East Austin. Press conference with more info planned at 4pmhttps://t.co/o1DQmhhYnz
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) October 1, 2021
Police in Austin, TX have arrested Ryan Faircloth for throwing a Molotov cocktail into the Travis Co Dem Party HQ: He “was not happy with the current political climate. He blamed this office, and who they represent, for a lot of the issues he saw as problems with the country.” pic.twitter.com/6jfnZi1KOl
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2021
BOOKING PHOTO: Ryan Faircloth, 30, has been arrested and charged for the arson incident at the Travis County Democratic Party office in East Austin https://t.co/o1DQmhhYnz pic.twitter.com/0eqMMfXURU
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) October 1, 2021
Here is the grinning idiot. Ryan Faircloth, 30 yrs old. pic.twitter.com/hI1VLrNmuN
— ZoëbethC-MeidasMighty? (@Meidas_ZobethC) October 1, 2021