Police stand by to provide security for the 2016 Gay Pride Parade in Los Angeles on Sunday. Kristen Jaeger holds a sign of remembrance for mass shooting victims in Orlando, at the 46th annual Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood, on Sunday. When officers arrived they saw an assault rifle sitting in Howell’s passenger seat, Santa Monica police Lt. Saul Rodriguez said. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the arrest at the start of the parade and struck a defiant tone. SANTA MONICA, CALIF.—An Indiana man armed with three assault rifles and chemicals used to make explosives was arrested in Southern California on Sunday and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay pride parade, an event that annually draws hundreds of thousands of people, authorities said.

Source: thestar June 13, 2016 00:37 UTC