By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 8, 2021 The U.S. Capitol police officer mortally injured during a clash with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters as they sieged the Capitol Building on Wednesday was a National Guard veteran who had served two overseas tours, military officials said Friday. Officer Brian Sicknick, who died late Thursday at a Washington, D.C., hospital of wounds sustained in the riot, served six years in the New Jersey Air National Guard, said Army Lt. Col. Barbara Brown, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey National Guard. He deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Southern Watch in 1999 and deployed again in 2003 to Kyrgyzstan to support operations in Afghanistan.
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Officer killed in Capitol attack was an Air National Guard vet January 8 Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died Jan. 7 after being injured while confronting rioters at the Capitol, was formerly a staff sergeant with the New Jersey Air National Guard. He is shown here in a photo from his basic training in 1997. (New Jersey National Guard) The Capitol Police officer killed in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters on Wednesday was an Air National Guard veteran with multiple overseas deployments, military officials confirmed on Friday.
Brian Sicknick, a former staff sergeant with the New Jersey Air National Guard, died Thursday evening from injuries sustained while responding to the attack at the Capitol a day earlier. U.S. Capitol Police officials said he was hurt “while physically engaging with protesters.”
N.J.-native Capitol police officer killed in siege was murdered in ‘violent insurrection,’ Gov. Murphy says
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The New Jersey-bred police officer who died after a violent mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday suffered a “needless murder” at the hands of a “violent insurrection,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday.
Officer Brian Sicknick, a 42-year-old South River native and former member of the New Jersey Air National Guard, died Thursday night from injuries sustained “while physically engaging with protesters” during the riot, officials announced. His death is being investigated as a homicide, according to reports.
Read Murphy s full statement below.
“United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick embodied the selfless spirit of his native state.
“Officer Sicknick was a product of South River and a graduate of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools. Before joining the Capitol Police, he was Staff Sergeant Sicknick with the New Jersey Air National Guard. He was a Fire Team Member and Leader with the 108th Security Force Squadron, 108th Wing, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, and his six years of service included overseas deployments in support of Operation Southern Watch and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Statement continues below tweet.
“Tammy and I send our deepest condolences to Officer Sicknick’s family and friends, as well as to his United States Capitol Police colleagues and the Guardsmen and Guardswomen he served alongside. We thank him for his service to our nation.