Four other people died during Wednesday’s siege of the Capitol, including a 35-year-old woman who was shot inside the Capitol.
A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died after engaging with rioters in Wednesday’s violent insurrection.
“Brian D. Sicknick passed away due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement late Thursday. “He returned to his division office and collapsed. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.”
Sicknick had served in the USCP since 2008 and was recently in the First Responders’ Unit.
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More than 50 law enforcement officials were injured and several were hospitalized, USCP said earlier Thursday.
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Sicknick was initially in critical condition when reports of his death surfaced. But USCP confirmed in a statement that he died Thursday at about 9:30 p.m. USCP, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch and federal law enforcement will investigate Sicknick’s death.
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died due to injuries sustained during Wednesday’s insurrection. https://t.co/UnqkLigoCI
— POLITICO (@politico) January 8, 2021BREAKING: A Capitol Hill police officer has died from injuries sustained during the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/7PdH9Q0Goi
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 8, 2021
By a MAGA insurrectionist. https://t.co/lH9TBvppvh
— Rob needs sci-fi 🚀 (@daltonator) January 8, 2021
Stunning >> MULTITUDE of officers line the front of the Capitol in silence, honoring fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick… Rest In Peace#breaking @WUSA9 @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/swKVbSKcQe
— Mike Valerio (@MikevWUSA) January 8, 2021
This officer died defending our democracy from an attack incited by the President of the United States.
Remove him now. https://t.co/pjm2QrtLjg
— Jennifer Expel the Seditionists Horn (@NHJennifer) January 8, 2021
Saluting a mob that would go on to kill a cop pic.twitter.com/wpvGiXpKiy
— Christian Schneider (@Schneider_CM) January 8, 2021
The Capitol Police did not just “let this happen.” They were outnumbered. They fought bravely against an actual insurrection. One of them died. We owe them our thanks.
They also deserve justice. Prosecute the rebels. Impeach Trump. Expel Hawley. Expel Cruz. https://t.co/jzm9fGibKU
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 8, 2021
U.S. Capitol flags ordered flown at half-staff for fallen U.S. Capitol Police Officer who died following riot. pic.twitter.com/X7WWhITu2h
— The Hill (@thehill) January 8, 2021
The police loving Trumpers KILLED A COP at the U.S. Capitol yesterday by BEATING HIM TO DEATH WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 8, 2021
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