By John Vibes

Two men were arrested with weapons outside of the Philadelphia convention center, where the deciding votes for the 2020 presidential election are currently being tallied. The arrests came within hours of two bomb threats, after police had received a tip about a group coming from Virginia with plans to “attack the Convention Center.”

Philadelphia police said that security in the Fashion District mall received two calls from the same individual saying that a bomb was going to go off.

The mall near the Convention Center was evacuated and trains in the nearby area were stopped, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. No bomb was found, but in their search, they found a group of men from Virginia, who reportedly drove to Philadelphia with the intention of “sorting things out” with the vote counting. Police have not said whether or not these men were connected with the threat that was called in.

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said that police spotted a silver Hummer SUV with Virginia tags parked near the building while they were on high alert after the threat. Police then arrested two armed men, Joshua Macias and Antonio Lamatta, after “an initial investigation determined that neither had a valid Pennsylvania firearms permit to carry.”

The men did have permits and licenses to own and carry the guns in their home state of Virginia, but Pennsylvania police do not recognize Virginia permits.

Police confiscated two semi-automatic pistols, an AR-15-style rifle, and ammunition, Krasner said.

“We will be requesting that both be held without eligibility for bail when they are arraigned later this evening, as this alarming incident is still very much under investigation,” Krasner said.

Krasner said that the pair are not known to be connected to any extremist groups.

“We do not have indications that the story is bigger than these two individuals,” he said.