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Officer dies following clash with pro-Trump mob: US Capitol Police
WASHINGTON, Jan 8, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – A US Capitol Police officer has died of
injuries sustained during clashes with a mob of President Donald Trump’s
supporters who overran a session of Congress, police said late Thursday.
It was the first law enforcement death stemming from the violence at the
Capitol on Wednesday which saw flag-waving crowds overwhelm police and break
into the legislature.
Four protesters died, including a woman who was shot by police. Three other
deaths were reported on the Capitol grounds, but the circumstances remained
unclear.
Officer Brian Sicknick, a 12-year veteran of the force, was “responding to
the riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the US Capitol and was injured
while physically engaging with protesters,” Capitol Police said in a
statement.
“He returned to his division office and collapsed. He was taken to a local
hospital where he succumbed to his injuries” on Thursday night, it said.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1203 hrs