(CNN) 鈥� An Ohio man was arrested on Friday afternoon while trying to enter the U.S. Capitol with a hammer, U.S. Capitol Police said in a .
Christopher Snow, 33, of Canton, Ohio, 鈥渂ecame combative鈥� after a USCP officer spotted the hammer in his backpack as it went through an X-ray machine at the Capitol Visitor Center, according to the release.
He has been charged with assault on a police officer, USCP said. It is unclear whether Snow has legal representation.
Snow attempted to grab his backpack after the officer tried to look inside the bag for a secondary screening, police said. Several officers stepped in to stop him, and a struggle broke out, with police deploying a Taser to take Snow into custody.
Investigators are looking into why Snow came to the Capitol with a hammer, police said.
鈥淭hese officers did what they were trained to do and stopped this man from getting into the U.S. Capitol,鈥� USCP Captain Andrew Pecher said in the statement. 鈥淕reat work from the officer who spotted the hammer, to the officers who quickly took the suspect into custody.鈥�
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