National Guard crime task force member arrested in DC, accused of drawing gun on fellow Guard member

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Arrest and charges

25 incident that occurred when a group of the Guard troops took a break, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.

The arrest warrant said Mitchell and the fellow guard member, a woman, were sitting in a van when they began arguing over whether their hairstyles met Army regulations.

The argument went back and forth until she heard a holster click and thought Mitchell had opened his holster.

She learned from fellow Guard members after getting out of the van that a weapon had been drawn and pointed at her.

Charges and court proceedings

Zion Mitchell, 21, was arrested earlier this month and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm while committing a crime of violence or dangerous crime — both felonies — in connection with an Aug.

She told the investigating MPD officer that she assumed the gun was loaded since all National Guard firearms are generally loaded.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s task force to fight crime has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts.