Suspect Arrested With Molotov Cocktail Outside of Red Mass for Supreme Court’s New Term

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Suspect Arrested With Molotov Cocktail Outside of Red Mass for Supreme Court’s New Term
 October 5, 2025
Washington Broadsheet


WASHINGTON —Metropolitan Police Department officers assigned to security for the Red Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Sunday morning arrested a man who had set up a tent on the cathedral steps and was found with materials described by authorities as potentially hazardous.

Shortly before 6:00 a.m. on October 5, 2025, officers encountered the individual, later identified as 41-year-old Louis Geri of Vineland, New Jersey, after they determined he had previously been barred from the cathedral grounds and refused to leave. The arrest was made “without incident,” according to MPD.

During the arrest, officers discovered multiple suspicious items inside the tent — including vials of liquid and objects resembling fireworks. The department’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, along with the Arson Task Force, responded to examine the materials.

The immediate area — including the cathedral’s main entrance and the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW — was closed while investigators secured the scene. Officials have stated that there is no ongoing threat to public safety. ...

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Daily Wire by Luke Rosiak Oct 7, 2025

Two days after a Biden judge gave light sentence to attempted Kavanaugh assassin, church event historically attended by conservative justices targeted

Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a man with hundreds of explosive devices outside a church holding a Mass in honor of the Supreme Court. The man had a manifesto that suggested he was targeting the Supreme Court and Catholics, according to court papers obtained by The Daily Wire.

Louis Geri, a 41-year-old from Arizona and New Jersey, was apprehended outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on October 5, the same day the church held its annual “Red Mass” in which a cardinal prays for the high court as it embarks on a new term, and which is historically attended by justices.

Geri was occupying a green tent on the steps of the church when police attempted to clear the area in preparation for the Supreme Court event. He told police, “You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives,” according to an affidavit.

After he was arrested, the bomb squad located “a large cache of handmade destructive devices” in the tent, police said. He was charged with: Unlawful Entry, Manufacture, Transfer, Use, Possession or Transportation of Molotov Cocktails, or other Explosives for Unlawful purposes, Threats to Kidnap or Injure a person, Assault on Police Officer x 2, Possession of Destructive Device, Manufacture or Possession of Weapon of Mass Destruction (Hate Crime) and Resisting Arrest.

On Monday, after reviewing the bombs more carefully, police filed an affidavit from a bomb technician saying “there were over 200 devices recovered from D-1’s tent. There was a strong smell of acetone emitting from some of the vials. Some of the liquid was determined to be Nitro Methane. The liquid appeared to be multiple chemicals mixed together, none in original containers … the devices appeared to be fully functional.”

More: https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-with-200-explosives-and-leftist-manifesto-arrested-outside-supreme-court-event-at-church-police

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The man arrested by DC police on Sunday outside a mass in honor of the Supreme Court had hundreds of explosive devices…and a manifesto suggesting he was targeting both the Supreme Court and Catholics.
Story at Daily Wire.