The United States Capitol Police have identified the woman who was shot and killed by one of their officers during the pro-Trump rioting on Wednesday as Ashli E. Babbitt, an Air Force veteran from the San Diego area.
She was among the rioters who stormed the Capitol building.
Babbitt, 35, was one of four people who died during Wednesday’s chaotic events, according to Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). MPD Police Chief Robert Contee said the three others who died experienced unspecified “medical emergencies.”
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