Car rammed into a barricade near the Capitol Building, smashing into two officers. One dead. Suspect attempted to attack with a knife.

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• The United States Capitol locked down on Friday afternoon after a car rammed into a barricade.
• Capitol Police confirmed that the car hit two officers in front of the barricade.
• One officer died and the other has been hospitalized. The suspect was shot and killed.

 

A Capitol Police officer died and another was injured after someone rammed a car into a barricade outside the US Capitol building on Friday, acting Capitol police chief Yogananda Pittman said at a press conference.

 

After hitting the barricade, the driver "exited the car with a knife in hand" and "lunged" at the officers before one of them opened fire, killing the suspect, she added. Multiple news outlets, including NBC News, CNN, and The New York Times, identified the suspect as Noah Green, 25, of Indiana.

 

Capitol Police also identified the fallen officer as William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the department.

 

 

 

And this is why Biden and Congressional Democrats wanted to keep the National Guard to protect the areas around the Capitol.

Edited April 2, 2021 by jehurey