Deadly force used by officer guarding members of Congress from the Capitol insurrection rioters
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Timeline • Planning
Background
2020 presidential election and other causes
2020–21 presidential election protests
2021 Electoral College vote count (alternate electors)
Attempts to overturn the election
Democratic backsliding in the US
QAnon
Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of election fraud
Social media use by Donald Trump
Trumpism
Related groups and persons
Ali Alexander
Ray Epps
Nick Fuentes
Rudy Giuliani
Jericho March
Alex Jones
Sedition Caucus
Donald Trump
Donald Trump Jr.
Participants
Notable people
Ashli Babbitt
Joe Biggs
Jacob Chansley
Derrick Evans
Tim "Baked Alaska" Gionet
Simone Gold
Klete Keller
Ethan Nordean
Rick Saccone
Jon Schaffer
John Earle Sullivan
Organizations
Boogaloo movement
Groypers
Oath Keepers
Proud Boys
Three Percenters
Law enforcement response
Capitol Police
Harry Dunn
Eugene Goodman
Brian Sicknick
Howard Liebengood
Steven Sund
Department of Defense
Michael C. Stenger
Paul D. Irving
Christopher C. Miller
Ryan D. McCarthy
Walter E. Piatt
Charles A. Flynn
Daniel Hokanson
William J. Walker
D.C. National Guard
DC
Muriel Bowser
Robert Contee
Michael Fanone
Jeffrey L. Smith
Virginia
Ralph Northam
Aftermath
Biden inauguration
2021 inauguration week protests
Security preparations
Investigations and charges
Justice Department investigation
Criminal proceedings
list
Fischer v. United States
January 6 commission
House Select Committee
public hearings
Smith special counsel investigation
federal prosecution of Donald Trump
Corporate actions
List of companies that halted political contributions
Social media suspensions of Donald Trump
permanent suspension
Suspensions of other social media accounts
shutdown of Parler
Facebook
Reactions
Domestic
Antifa culpability conspiracy theory
International
Impeachment and 2024 presidential election
Second impeachment of Donald Trump
trial
2024 presidential eligibility of Donald Trump
Trump v. Anderson
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On January 6, 2021, Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot during an attack on the United States Capitol.[1][2][3] She was part of a crowd of supporters of then U.S. president Donald Trump who breached the United States Capitol building seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.[4][5][6]
Babbitt's attempt to climb through a shattered window beside a barricaded door into the Speaker's Lobby was thwarted when she was shot in the left shoulder by a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer.[7][8][9][10] After a USCP emergency response team administered aid, Babbitt was transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she died.[11][12] The USCP deemed the shooting was "lawful and within Department policy" and "potentially saved Members (of Congress) and staff from serious injury and possible death".[13][14]
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^Wise, Alana (August 23, 2021). "Capitol Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Rioter Ashli Babbitt Will Not Be Disciplined". NPR.
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^"Opinion | Jan. 6 Was Worse Than We Knew". The New York Times. October 2, 2021. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^Lucas, Ryan (January 6, 2022). "Where the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation stands, one year later". NPR.org. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^Lozada, Carlos (October 8, 2021). "Adam Schiff points to a second insurrection – by members of Congress themselves – In his memoir ["Midnight In Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could"], the House Intelligence Committee chair argues America barely passed Trump's "stress test" of American democracy". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
^Swaine, Jon; Bennett, Dalton; Lee, Joyce Sohyun; Kelly, Meg (January 8, 2021). "Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
^Multiple sources:
Barry, Ellen; Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas; Philipps, Dave (January 8, 2021). "Woman Killed in Capitol Embraced Trump and QAnon". New York Times.
Italiano, Laura (January 7, 2021). "Video shows the moment Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot in Capitol". New York Post. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
"Protester Shot and Killed Inside U.S. Capitol Was From Ocean Beach". Times of San Diego. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
^Beckett, Lois; Ho, Vivian (January 9, 2021). "'She was deep into it': Ashli Babbitt, killed in Capitol riot, was devoted conspiracy theorist". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021.
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