The officer s death will be investigated as a possible homicide under the direction of the D.C. Metropolitan Police, the USCP and federal partners.
Sicknick, a native of East Brunswick, was a 1997 graduate of Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School. In a statement, his brother said Sicknick had wanted to be a police officer his entire life and first joined the New Jersey Air National Guard, where he served during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Desert Shield. While stateside, he was stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County.
Sicknick joined the USCP in 2008 and most recently served in the department s First Responders Unit.
Fox News reports a federal investigation will be launched into the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died Thursday from injuries sustained during Wednesday s riot at the Capitol building.
Family members of slain Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick are urging the public not to make his death a political issue and to respect their privacy as they mourn his death in the line of duty. Brian is a hero and that is what we would like people to remember, said his older brother, Ken Sicknick, in a statement to Fox News on behalf of the family. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after Wednesday’s riot, could lie in honor within the Capitol Rotunda after sacrificing his life in the line of duty while trying to fend off rioters who breached the building earlier this week.
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"It is my fervent hope that the rioters whose actions directly contributed to his death are quickly identified and brought to justice," Murphy said in a statement Friday.