OLYMPIA, Wash. — A suspect broke into the Washington State Capitol Building on Sunday night, damaging historical artifacts and setting fire to multiple flags and a carpet.

The suspect was apprehended while leaving the Capitol Building, according to court documents. The suspect appeared to have used a hammer to break a window and sneak inside. Responding Washington State Patrol troopers also found a bottle of Zippo lighter fluid and a lighter near the broken window.

Inside the building, troopers found a broken key card reader to an elevator, a tipped-over hand sanitizer dispenser and cigarette ashes on the carpet. On the third floor, the suspect appeared to have tipped over busts of Martin Luther King Jr. and George Washington.

The suspect set fire to several county flags in the Rotunda,

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