D.C.’s medical examiner has released the cause and manner of death in four of the five deaths related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Five people died in connection to the rioting that ensued when supporters of then-President Donald Trump tried to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s election victory.
The office of Chief Medical Examiner Francisco Diaz on Wednesday released the information in all the deaths but that of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick; that result is still pending, the office said.
Ashli Babbitt, 35, of San Diego, died of a gunshot wound to the left shoulder; the office called it a homicide, which they define as when “death results from the intentional harm of one person by another, including actions of grossly reckless behavior.” She was shot by an unidentified police officer as she was trying to climb through the broken window of a barricaded doorway in the Capitol.
Ashli Babbit’s manner of death during the January 6th Capital breach was ruled a homicide by the DC medical examiner’s office.
The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Wednesday released the official cause of death for four people who died during the January 6th Capitol breach. They ruled Ashli Babbitt’s manner of death was a homicide.
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Francisco Diaz said the cause of death for Babbitt, 35, was a gunshot wound to the left anterior shoulder. It was ruled a homicide.
A police officer shot Mrs. Babbit but we still don’t know his name or exactly why he shot and killed her.
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The cause of death for the folks who died at the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6 seems to have become a continuing saga.
But now, the medical examiner’s determination has come in for four of the people who died at the riot.
According to MSN, Dr. Francisco Diaz, the chief medical examiner of Washington, D.C. announced the determination as to cause of death:
• Ashli Babbitt, 35, died by homicide from a gunshot to the left shoulder. She was shot by a Capitol police officer while trying to climb through a door near the House chamber.
• Kevin Greeson, 55, died of natural causes from cardiovascular disease.
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