Friday, January 8, 2021

Police officer who shot female protester at the US Congress - suspended - TASS

Police officer who shot female protester at the US Congress - suspended

A US police officer who shot one of the protestors at the US Congress is suspended from work pending an investigation, according to the Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund's statement on Thursday.

On January 6, supporters of the current US President Donald Trump tried to storm the building of Congress, they eventually managed to get inside. At the same time, the police guarding the building used firearms, wounding a woman. She later died at the hospital.

The police officer was put on administrative leave pending an internal investigation, Sund said. He confirmed that the name of the victim is Ashli Babbitt. Fox News reported on January 6 that Babbitt had previously served in the US Air Force. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee confirmed the deaths of a total of four people during the protestors.

More than 50 US law enforcement officers were injured on January 6 during the riots on Capitol Hill, several of them were hospitalized with serious injuries.

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