It has only been a matter of weeks since the temporary barbed wire fencing erected around the Capitol was taken down. But the January breach of the Capitol has created the perception that the building is still vulnerable to attack, and proposals to secure it are caught up in partisan infighting.
Officer William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police force, was killed when a man drove a car into a street barricade in Washington D.C.
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Governor Tim Walz ordered Minnesota flags be flown at half-staff from now until sunset on Tuesday, April 6 to honor the victims of the attack on the United States Capitol Friday.
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Originally published on April 3, 2021 12:10 pm
Updated April 3, 2021 at 11:53 AM ET
One U.S. Capitol Police officer is dead and another is hospitalized with injuries after an apparent attack Friday at a Capitol checkpoint in which a man rammed his car into officers and lunged at them with a knife, police said.
Capitol Police identified the slain officer as William Billy Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force.
Evans began his service on March 7, 2003, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said in a statement, and he was a member of the Capitol Division s First Responder s Unit. No other details were given.