The police arrested A Republican The MP was responding to the news on Thursday morning possible gunshots Officials in Michigan’s state capital said.
Lansing police spokesman Jordan Gulkis said Deputy Neil Friske was arrested around 2:45 a.m. “on a felony charge.”
Gulkis said investigators plan to submit a report to the Ingham County District Attorney by Friday.
A phone message seeking comment from Friske’s office was not immediately returned. But “Rep. Friske always exercises his 2nd amendment rights,” a statement on his campaign’s Facebook page said.
“We ask for everyone’s prayers and to stay tuned for updates directly from this campaign or from Representative Friske himself,” he said.
Friske, who is running for re-election, has a conservative voting record in his first term in the House. He represents Charlevoix and Emmet counties and parts of Cheboygan, Chippewa and Mackinac counties.
His family runs a popular orchard in Charlevoix County.