Newly released footage from the January 6 Capitol riot appears to show a man firing a gun into the air after climbing scaffolding.
The man in the video allegedly firing shots into the air is identified as John Emanuel Banuelos, who was arrested in 2021 in Utah’s Liberty Park in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old. At the time, he told police he was also “in the D.C. riots.” According to NBC News, “The Salt Lake City DA’s office did not pursue a case against Banuelos, who claimed self-defense in Senn’s death.” However, at the time he claimed he was the one who shot the gun into the air on January 6, 2021.