Armed with a shotgun, threatening two women at an Ambridge intersection before attempting to get into a church is what police said led to the arrest of Jeffrey Harris.
It was about an hour before Sunday service outside the Greater Dominion Church in Ambridge. That’s when police got a call about Harris wearing a camo vest.
Police caught Harris just a few blocks away still with the gun and aimed it at officers, according to the criminal complaint. He was taken into custody.
“The guy just happened to come an hour early. If he had come an hour later, he would have entered a building full of people. This could have been a catastrophic situation like we faced with our Jewish brothers and sisters faced in Pittsburgh at the synagogue,” said Bishop Kenneth Crumb with Greater Dominion Church.
When detectives got to his home on Duss Avenue, the court paperwork lists out the arsenal of firepower, what they thought was an explosive device and tactical setup with officers describing it as “he appeared ready for a standoff.”
Allegheny County Bomb Unit along with several Beaver County Detectives responded and found it was not an explosive device, and the residence was cleared, according to the Ambridge Police Department.
Harris is still behind bars with a bond of $975,000 and will be back in court on Sept. 5.
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