The woman who was killed yesterday while trying to break into the hall of Congress has been identified as Ashley Babbitt, a veteran of the US Air Force, writes the New York Post.
The woman was part of a group of protesters in favor of the US president that stormed the Capitol when legislators carried out the certification of the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the November presidential elections.
“Uniformed agents of the Capitol police confronted them, and at one point, one of them used his service weapon” and shot her, the head of that body, Robert Contee, told a press conference.
Babbit was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital.
Contee said that an investigation was opened for this “tragic event.”
Three other people, a woman, and two men died in the vicinity of the Capitol “from different medical emergencies,” Contee said, without specifying whether they were protesters, the AFP news agency reported.
Police also made 52 arrests, including 26 inside the Capitol.
The mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, announced an extension of the state of emergency for 15 days until Biden’s swearing-in on January 20, amid fears of new violent actions by supporters of Trump, who refuses to acknowledge his defeat.
A military man for 14 years, Babbitt made four deployments with the United States Air Force, according to the KUSI television network, which claims to have interviewed her husband.
Babbitt, who has not been officially identified by police, lived in the San Diego region of Southern California with her husband, who described her as a “huge supporter of President Trump.”
The man did not travel to Washington to participate in the protest.
“I really don’t know why he decided” to break into the Capitol, said his mother-in-law, quoted by a journalist from Fox 5.
On her Twitter account, Babbitt introduced herself as a “veteran” and a “libertarian.” He had recently retweeted numerous messages from people traveling to Washington to respond to Trump’s call.
Last Tuesday, Babbitt responded to someone complaining about the cancellation of his flight: “Nothing will stop us (…) They can try, try and try but the storm is here and it is descending on [Washington] DC in less than 24 hours (…) From darkness to light “.
She lived in San Diego. She adored Donald Trump, and earlier in the day she tweeted:
– Nothing will stop us … the storm is here.
Earlier, how Obama said “Trump instigated violence , this day will be remembered”. the main information fields dividing the country’s population into two. How misinformation flows affect American society and the US Presidential Election. Former US President George W. Bush condemned the incursion of protesters into the Capitol Hill building.
