Donors from around the nation have given back to the family of a Capitol Police officer who died due to injuries he sustained during the siege on Capitol Hill.
‘Brian did his job’: Family remembers fallen Capitol officer, military veteran January 10 An American flag flies at half-staff in remembrance of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick above the Capitol Building in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Sicknick died from injuries sustained as President Donald Trump s supporters stormed the Capitol. (Patrick Semansky/AP) SOUTH RIVER, N.J. From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer. He enlisted in the National Guard six months after graduating high school in 1997, deploying to Saudi Arabia and then Kyrgyzstan. Joining the Guard was his means to joining law enforcement, his family said.
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A second Capitol Police officer has died just days after the US Capitol building was breached on Jan. 6, according to the Capitol Police.
The federal law enforcement agency confirmed the death of Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, who worked with the US Senate. He was assigned to the Senate Division, and has been with the Department since April 2005, the agency wrote. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Liebengood was among the officers who responded to the US Capitol riots on Jan. 6.
A second Capitol Police officer has died just days after the US Capitol building was breached on Jan. 6, according to the Capitol Police.