Pennsylvania Man In Clown Wig With Loaded Gun Entered Dairy Queen Said He’d Restore Trump As ‘President King’ And ‘Kill Democrats’

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Three loaded handguns and 62 rounds of ammunition were seized from a Hempfield, Pennsylvania, man Saturday after Delmont police, said he took one of the weapons into the Route 66 Dairy Queen.

Officers responded to the area at about 1:30 p.m. after a motorist reported an erratic driver wearing a bright yellow safety vest and rainbow clown wig walking into the restaurant with a gun, Police Chief T.J. Klobucar said. Police took him into custody and filed charges the following day.

“My officers were there within seconds to take control before anything happened,” he said.

Jan V. Stawovy, 61, is charged with firearms not to be carried without a license, a person not to possess, terroristic threats, and disorderly conduct.

At the time, there were customers inside the Dairy Queen, and several people with intellectual disabilities were headed inside the restaurant, police said. A loaded gun was found in Stawovy’s pocket.

Stawovy told investigators he had it to protect himself from drug traffickers, intended to kill “Democrats and liberals,” and wanted to “restore (former President Donald) Trump to President king of the United States,” police said in a news release.

Two more loaded handguns were found inside his car, along with the ammunition.

Stawovy was awaiting arraignment. He did not have an attorney listed in online court records.