A United States Capitol breach defendant who allegedly fired several shots towards law enforcement days before his first court appearance has been charged with a federal firearm crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Nathan Donald Pelham, 40, of Greenville, Texas, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/us-capitol-breach-defendant-charged-texas-after-firing-handgun-towards-law-enforcement