Man arrested near Kavanaugh's house wanted to kill him over upcoming Supreme Court decisions on abortion, gun rights: court documents

• The man who was arrested near Brett Kavanaugh's home wanted to the kill Supreme Court Justice, the FBI alleged in court documents.
• The man was angry the court may overturn abortion rights and also told investigators he was upset about the recent mass shooting in Texas, court papers say.

The armed man who was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Maryland home on Wednesday told investigators that he wanted to kill Kavanaugh because he was upset about the recent mass shooting in Texas and angry that the high court may overturn abortion rights, according to court documents.

The man — identified in a criminal complaint as Nicholas John Roske — was arrested early Wednesday outside of Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, after he called authorities on himself and told dispatchers "he was having suicidal thoughts and had a firearm in his suitcase," according to court papers.

Roske, 26, faces a federal charge of attempted murder of a United States judge, according to the complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

The Simi Valley, California, man told a dispatcher that he came from the Golden State "to kill a specific United States Supreme Court Justice," according to the court documents, which cite an FBI agent.

Kavanaugh's name was not directly mentioned in the court papers, but a source close to the investigation previously told Insider that the man arrested early Wednesday morning went to the justice's home with the "intent to kill Kavanaugh."

The FBI alleged in court documents that authorities found a slew of weapons and tools inside a suitcase and backpack they seized from Roske, including a tactical knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammunition, zip ties, a crowbar, a hammer, and duct tape.

Roske told a Montgomery County Police detective "that he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas," the court documents say.

The court papers add, "Roske indicated that he believed the Justice that he intended to kill would side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws."

During an interview with an FBI agent, Roske "admitted again that he had traveled to the Montgomery County residence with the intent to break into the Justice's house and to kill the Justice and then himself," the documents say.

Shortly before Roske called authorities, two US Marshals saw Roske dressed in black and carrying a backpack and suitcase, get out of a taxi that stopped in front of the Supreme Court justice's home, according to the court documents.

"The individual looked at the two Deputy US Marshals, who were standing next to their parking vehicle, and then turned to walk down the street," the court papers say.

Montgomery police told Insider that Roske was taken to the county jail after his arrest. It was not immediately clear if Roske had retained an attorney.

If convicted, Roske faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.