PUBLISHED ON: April 3, 2021 | Duration: 1 min, 52 sec A police officer was killed and another injured onafter a vehicle rammed one of the barriers surrounding the Capitol complex in Washington, forcing the area into a lockdown. United States Capitol Police (USCP) later said that the motorist was shot and killed. According to US Capitol Police, just after 1 pm (local time), a man in a blue sedan rammed his vehicle into the North Barricade at the US Capitol striking two officers. After crashing his vehicle just inside the Capitol complex, the driver of the blue sedan exited the car and started lunging toward officers, who then fired on the person, acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said at a briefing. (Video Credit: ANI)
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WASHINGTON – Police say one officer was killed and another remains hospitalized after a man rammed a car into a security barrier near the U.S. Capitol building on Friday. 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 in a statement.
Evans was an 18-year USCP veteran who served in Capitol Division’s First Responder’s Unit, Pittman said. Please keep Officer Evans and his family in your thoughts and prayers, she added.
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