

The footage of the events, which widely circulated social media, and accounts of witnesses show that the lieutenant was left alone to confront the group, according to findings of the preliminary investigation. As glasses shattered, a police lieutenant on the other side fired a single shot at Babbitt's neck, who immediately fell to the ground.

6 that left five people dead including her.īabbitt, a US Air Force veteran, was among a dozen unarmed people who were trying to breach a barricaded door inside the building guarded by three Capitol Police officers.Īs the officers moved away, the group started to smash the windows to access the Speaker’s Lobby. US investigators could not find evidence in an inquiry to charge an officer in fatal shooting of a former President Donald Trump supporter during the Capitol riots, according to law enforcement officials.Īshli Babbitt, 35, was one of the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol building on Jan.
