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6 Capitol attack, which may have been motive for the allegedly intentional crash, a police report said. Wegner, 35, was killed in the crash, left trapped in a burning vehicle as Woods allegedly fled from an Illinois state trooper.Īt the time, Woods “was anticipating a sentence” in the Jan. Prosecutors said they will ask a judge to revoke his bond at his arraignment Thursday. ![]() 8 wreck, which happened on southbound I-55 in Springfield, according to an Illinois State Police report. The area was locked down for hours Friday but has since reopened, and National Guard troops stood outside the building on Saturday.Woods, of Auburn, a small, central Illinois town, was ordered held on $2 million bail following the Nov. 6 attack.Ĭapitol Police and National Guard troops were called upon soon afterward to secure the Capitol during Biden’s inauguration and faced another potential threat in early March linked to conspiracy theories falsely claiming Trump would retake the presidency. Two officers, one from Capitol Police and another from Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, died by suicide following the Jan. It took hours for the National Guard to arrive, a delay that has driven months of finger-pointing among that day’s key decision makers.Īlmost 140 Capitol Police officers were wounded in that attack, including officers not issued helmets who sustained head injuries and one with cracked ribs, according to the officers’ union. 6 riot, including Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who was among a badly outnumbered force trying to fight off the intruders. The Washington region remains on edge nearly three months after a mob of insurrectionists loyal to former President Donald Trump stormed the building as Congress was voting to certify Biden’s presidential win.įive people died in the Jan. The attack occurred about 100 yards (meters) from the entrance of the building on the Senate side of the Capitol. Miriam Carey’s family said she suffered from postpartum depression with psychosis but was not dangerous.įriday’s crash and shooting happened at a security checkpoint near the Capitol typically used by senators and staff on weekdays, though most were away from the building for the current recess. ![]() In 2013, officers with the Capitol Police and Secret Service fatally shot a woman inside her car after she led them on a high-speed chase that began outside the White House. He directed flags at the White House to be lowered to half-staff. President Joe Biden said in a statement that he and his wife were heartbroken to learn of the attack and expressed condolences to Evans’ family. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed Evans as a “martyr for our democracy,” while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was “heartbroken.” Pelosi and Schumer both spoke Friday with members of Evans’ family. Police identified the slain officer as William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the department’s first responders unit. The official said investigators had talked to Green’s family, who spoke of his increasingly delusional thoughts. Investigators are increasingly focused on Green’s mental health as they work to identify any motive for the attack, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation and spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity. Police shot the suspect, 25-year-old Noah Green, who died at a hospital. Video of the Friday afternoon attack shows the driver emerging from the crashed car with a knife in his hand and starting to run at the pair of officers, Capitol Police acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters. Investigators believe it was an isolated incident from a disturbed young man. official told The Associated Press on Saturday. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) - The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S.
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