Suspect in Capitol attack was unraveling, family and friends say
Deep religiousness and paranoia left them concerned about Noah Green s mental state in recent years.
By Emily Davies, Justin Jouvenal and Michael E. MillerThe Washington Post
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WASHINGTON Brendan Green said the troubling signs his brother was unraveling built up until the night before authorities said Noah Green launched an attack outside the Capitol.
Brendan Green said his brother was violently ill Thursday evening in the Virginia apartment they shared, before he left and sent a forlorn text that was one of their final communications.
” ‘I’m sorry but I’m just going to go and live and be homeless,’ ” Brendan Green said the text read. “Thank you for everything that you’ve done. I looked up to you when I was a kid. You inspired me a lot.”
Teammates of former Christopher Newport University football player Noah Green said his behavior while in the program provided no indication of his fateful actions at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
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Law enforcement investigate the scene after a vehicle charged a barricade at the U.S. Capitol on April 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Capitol was briefly locked down after a person reportedly rammed a vehicle into multiple Capitol Hill police officers. One officer was killed and one was wounded. The suspect, who exited the vehicle with a knife was fatally shot. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images/TNS)
Slain Capitol Police officer, suspect took different paths to their fatal DC encounter
The suspect was a one-time college jock whose troubling recent behavior included bizarre social media posts and rampant paranoia. The victim was an 18-year veteran of the U.S. Capitol Police, a familiar and friendly figure inside the Washington, D.C., landmark.
Capitol Suspect Struggled Before Attack, but Motive Remains Unclear
Noah R. Green had been distressed but had no known history of violence when he rammed his car into two police officers, killing one and injuring another before being killed himself.
Flags continued to be flown at half-staff at the Capitol on Saturday, a day after a Capitol Police officer was killed and another injured in a vehicle attack.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
April 3, 2021, 7:55 p.m. ET
On the football field at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, Noah R. Green was No. 21, a dependable and good-natured, if soft-spoken, presence in the defensive backfield. Off the field, he was laser-focused on Black economic empowerment, counseling teammates on financial management and plotting a career helping close the racial wealth gap.
Noah Green, the suspect in the Friday attack on two U.S. Capitol Police officers, was a supporter of the Nation of Islam, and its leader Louis Farrakhan, the New York Times reported. Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam is a black nationalist movement and has been criticized for anti-Semitic teachings. Green’s Facebook account has since been removed.
Green, 25, was identified by law enforcement officials as the suspected attacker who rammed his car into two police officers, killing one and injuring the other. According to the New York Times, Green had made several posts on Facebook in support of Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam.