A man who carried what appeared to be a hammer at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 got into a standoff Thursday with the FBI for hours before he was arrested by special agents for his role in the riot, law enforcement officials tell NBC News.
Eric Christie was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after several hours in which he refused to cooperate with authorities when they arrived at a home in Sherman Oaks, California. Two law enforcement officials confirmed his arrest to NBC News.
Online sleuths had identified Eric Christie as a Jan. 6 participant, and images show him on top of a law enforcement vehicle on the east side of the Capitol, wrapped in rainbow flag and with what appears to be a hammer hanging from his belt. The law enforcement activity took place at an address associated with an Eric Christie.
Christie was previously named by a defense attorney in another Jan. 6 case, in which the court filing suggested Christie was a"suspicious actor" and questioned why he hadn't been arrested yet. He was previously publicly identified by antifacist activist and security researcher Chad Loder in February 2021., another Jan. 6 defendant, and a rioter nicknamed"Swedish Scarf," who has been charged alongside Daniel"D.J.
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