Washington DC officers arrested a Texas man, wanted by police, outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence, the US Naval Observatory, in the nation’s capital on Wednesday.

Police arrested and charged 31-year-old Paul Murray, of San Antonio, with a rifle, a large amount of ammunition and several gun clips belonging to the man recovered from his vehicle.

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A spokesperson for Washington’s Metropolitan Police said officers responded “at approximately 12:12 pm, to the 3400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW in reference to a suspicious person based on an intelligence bulletin that originated from Texas, who was detained by US Secret Service.”

Currently, the vice president and her husband Doug Emhoff do not live at the Naval Observatory residence as it is undergoing renovations.

The couple is living at Blair House, near the White House.  

Law enforcement contacted the man after a region-wide intelligence bulletin had been issued for the suspect, CNN reported.

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According to police, Murray has been charged with several counts: carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside of a business, possession of unregistered ammunition and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

The US Secret Service told CNN in a statement that Uniformed Division officers detained the man before Metropolitan Police arrived on the scene.

A Secret Service official says none of the agency’s protectees were at the residence at the time of the incident.