Dallas police detained a man outside the Marriott Dallas Uptown hotel where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton held a primary election night watch party.
The incident happened shortly before 6 pm Central as attendees arrived for the event scheduled after polls closed in the Texas Republican Senate primary.
According to a report from local outlet KWTX, the man entered the hotel claiming to be an Uber driver and asked to use a restroom, and campaign staff grew suspicious when they noticed his car lacked license plates.
Police searched the blue Chrysler parked outside and recovered multiple rifle and pistol ammunition magazines, some loaded, plus boxes of ammunition and shotgun shells from the trunk and interior.
No firearms were found in the vehicle.
The items were bagged as evidence and the unplated vehicle was towed after officers located a license plate inside the car.
The suspect, whose identity has not been released, was described as wearing a camouflage hat, a camouflage face covering, sunglasses, gloves, and carrying a camouflage rucksack.
He had no identification on him and was placed in the back of a Dallas police cruiser and taken into custody without any reported injuries or escalation.
Security concerns and official response.
Dallas police have not released the suspect’s identity, any charges, or a motive, and it remains unclear whether the detention was connected to Paxton’s watch party.
Event continued amid primary night.
The watch party proceeded without further disruption while early returns in the Texas Senate primary showed no candidate surpassing the 50 percent threshold to avoid a May 26 runoff.
