SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP): A lawyer for a heavily armed Indiana man who told police he was headed to a gay pride parade when they arrested him in California says the suspect’s father is cooperating with the FBI.
Louisville, Kentucky, attorney Bobby Boyd tells station WDRB-TV that the father of James Wesley Howell is shocked by his 20-year-old son’s arrest and is talking to investigators. Boyd asked that the father not be identified.
Howell was arrested Sunday with a car full of assault rifles and chemicals used in making explosives. He told police he was going to LA Pride in West Hollywood, an event that draws hundreds of thousands of people each year.
Boyd, who represented Howell in a Kentucky case, says Howell is trying to find an attorney in California. He’s scheduled to appear in Los Angeles court Tuesday.
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