The U.S. Capitol Police is investigating the killing of a woman who entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 during a session of Congress.
“These individuals actively attacked United States Capitol Police Officers and other uniformed law enforcement officers with metal pipes, discharged chemical irritants, and took up other weapons against our officers. They were determined to enter into the Capitol Building by causing great damage,” the police force’s chief, Steven Sund, said on Jan. 7 in a news release.
As the mobs of protesters were forcing their way toward the House Chamber, where members of Congress were sheltering in place, a sworn U.S. Capitol Police employee “discharged their service weapon, striking an adult female,” Sund said.
The female was later identified as Ashli Babbitt, a U.S. Air Force veteran, Sund said. She was 35.