Capitol officer was killed by car striking him, D.C. police say
By Tom Jackman and Emily Davies The Washington Post,Updated April 5, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Flowers were woven into the eight-foot-tall steel security fence that continues to encircle the US Capitol on Monday in Washington, D.C.Chip Somodevilla/Getty
WASHINGTON - The man who drove his car into two U.S. Capitol Police officers standing in front of a steel barricade on Friday was shot and killed by a third officer after he climbed out of his car wielding a knife, District of Columbia police said Monday. One of the two officers died of his injuries, and the other was released from a hospital Saturday.
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