DALLAS — A driver trying to make a delivery to a Dallas hotel hosting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s primary watch night party on Tuesday sparked a scare when police recovered ammunition from his vehicle.
The alarming ordeal started out as a traffic stop outside a Marriott as cops spotted a blue Chrysler without a properly displayed license plate, according to the Dallas Police Department.
The baby-faced driver was then “arrested for traffic violations” and cops searched his car, confiscating more than a dozen ammo cartridges or boxes of ammunition from the suspect’s vehicle.
A masked man was detained outside Ken Paxton’s primary watch party. @Amuse/XThe scene unfolded as a massive media presence was at the Marriott hotel for Paxton’s event.
“The driver was arrested for traffic violations. During an inventory search of the vehicle, officers located ammunition,” reps for the Dallas Police Department said, noting the driver was taken to Jack Evans Police Headquarters “for further investigation,” which “remains ongoing.”
Authorities recovered ammunition from the unnamed mans blue Chrysler. Getty ImagesA police interview determined that the man was trying “to make a delivery to an employee” at the Marriott hotel where the Paxton event was being held, according to Dallas PD.
“He was transported to the Dallas County Jail without incident. His name will not be released until he is officially booked in,” they added.
The Post observed the Chrysler being towed by police after its driver was taken into custody.
The driver exited the vehicle wearing a camouflage hat, sunglasses, gloves and ski mask with a green messenger bag slung around his shoulder, photos snapped by a bystander show.
Other images show the suspect with a stud earring being escorted away by officers.
