Flags should fly at half-staff throughout Massachusetts until Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker ordered in honor of the United States Capitol Police Officer, a native of the Commonwealth, who was killed Friday. Many buildings, including Boston's City Hall, had already lowered the flags after the deadly incident on Friday. Sign up for our Newsletters Officer William "Billy" Evans was a native of Berkshire County. He died in an attack perpetrated by a.
WASHINGTON MSNBC erroneously reported Friday that the suspect in Friday's deadly car attack at the U.S. Capitol was a "white male."
During the network's 2 p.m. ET program "Katy Tur Reports," NBC News justice correspondent Pete Williams provided reporting on the then-unidentified suspect, who had
Apr 3, 2021
BOSTON (
WBZ NewsRadio) After Friday s attack on the U.S. Capitol a community in Western Massachusetts is mourning the loss of one of their own.
Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans was killed in the attack when a 25-year-old man drove his car into a barricade where Evans and another officer were on duty. The driver was later shot and killed by police after he exited the vehicle holding a knife. The other officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
“It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the passing of officer William Billy Evans this afternoon from injuries he sustained following an attack at the North barricade by a lone assailant, Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said. Officer Evans had been a member of the United States Capitol Police for 18 years. He began his USCP service on March 7, 2003, and was a member of the Capitol Division’s First Responder’s Unit. Please keep Officer Evans and his
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