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Washinton Hebrew Congregation, pictured in 2014. (Wikimedia Commons)

Police in Washington, DC, detained a suspect who attempted to enter a synagogue with an unregistered firearm over the weekend, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said on Monday.

There were no injuries and the incident did not appear to be an attempted attack.

Police officers received a call from the Washington Hebrew Congregation at around 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, a department spokesperson said.

Synagogue security staff told responding officers that they had found the firearm with a metal detector, confiscated the weapon, and detained the suspect.

Police recovered the firearm and arrested 32-year-old Tyler Finn at the scene, the department said.

Finn, from Lynchburg, Virginia, was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition.

The synagogue said that security had found and confiscated a loaded, unregistered revolver and two pocket knives on the…