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When the attacker’s car finally crashed into the barrier, he jumped off it and attacked USCP officials with a knife, who fired at him, Yogananda Pittman, acting director of the USCP, told reporters.
President Joe Biden, who left the White House to reside in Kemp David just before the incident with his wife, Jill Easter, expressed his “deepest condolences” to the family of William Evans, a police veteran who was killed in the attack. .
“Jill and I were saddened to learn of a violent attack at a security checkpoint in the US Capitol area,” Biden said in a statement.
US media quoted US officials as saying the attacker was Noah Green, a 25-year-old black man from Indiana, a supporter of the black Nation of Islam (NOI) movement.
This movement was founded in 1930 in the state of Michigan. Its members say the desire to spread Islam, to improve the situation of African Americans. Some authoritative US human rights organizations accuse the movement of hostility towards whites, racism, anti-Semitism and distortion of Islamic principles.
Pittman said the motive for the attack was not yet clear, with no police records of the suspect as of Friday.
“It does not appear to be terrorism, but of course we will investigate further,” added Washington Contee, Washington’s chief of police.
N. Green graduated from Christopher University of Newport in Virginia. In it, he played soccer, completed his financial studies in 2019, the institution confirmed.
Some of his records posted online in March would show some desperation and paranoia. He wrote that being unemployed, having health problems, mentioned biblical ideas for the end of the world.
Green said he had experienced “unimaginable trials” and “embarked on a spiritual journey.” In a post, he claimed that he had been tortured by the FBI and CIA, that he had been hospitalized, subjected to “mind control” and called the government “no black enemy.” one “.
He also wrote that he is a follower of Louis Farrakhan, leader of the NOI, who promotes anti-white and anti-Semitic ideas of blacks.
Facebook said it had removed Green’s account on this social network and Instagram, and said it would remove “any content” that indicates support for the attack or the suspect.
