Attack on the Capitol: the five people who died | Rape of the US Capitol

Family members and law enforcement have confirmed more details about the now five people who died in an insurrection attempt against the United States on Wednesday, including a Capitol police officer who died from his injuries.

The remaining four were among Donald Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol to try to stop the counting of polling station ballots that would formally seal Joe Biden’s victory over the incumbent president.

“Don’t you dare call them protesters. They were an unbridled mob. Insurrectionists. Domestic terrorists. It’s that basic. It’s that simple, ”Biden said in response to Thursday’s attack.

Details on the five people killed are below.

Brian Sicknick, 42

According to a statement from the United States Capitol Police, the New Jersey native joined the force in 2008. Sicknick was reportedly hit in the head with a fire extinguisher while “physically associating” with the rioters. . He collapsed shortly after returning to his division before being rushed to a nearby hospital. Sicknick died Thursday night after being removed from life support.

60 Capitol police officers were reported injured. According to Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio, many were also hit on the head with metal pipes. More than a dozen remain hospitalized.

Sicknick’s death is being investigated as a homicide by federal and local authorities.

Ashli ​​Babbitt, 35

Babbitt, a 14-year air force veteran from San Diego, was among a group of people who could be seen attempting to break down the doors of the United States Senate chamber as members took refuge. Cameras captured the moment she was hastily pulled out on a stretcher after she was shot by a Capitol police officer. He died in the hospital.

“I really don’t know why he decided to do this,” Babbitt’s mother-in-law told the WTTG in Washington..

Just one day before the rally, Babbitt tweeted QAnon’s conspiracy called “the storm,” in which supporters believe Donald Trump will emerge to overthrow and execute corrupt political elites and enemies.

Benjamin Phillips, 50

A computer programmer from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Phillips organized a caravan from Pennsylvania to the Capitol grounds for the planned insurrection. Once there, he suffered a stroke and died, although authorities have not confirmed at what point in the attack.

Witnesses told the Philadelphia-Inquirer that he was last seen searching for parking before the president delivered his speech at the “March to Save America.”

Kevin Greeson, 55

A native of rural Athens, Alabama, Greeson died of an apparent heart attack at an unknown time during the events. His family confirmed in a statement that a history of hypertension “in the midst of arousal” contributed to the medical emergency.

Greeson posted racist diatribes online and associated with the Proud Boys, a far-right group known for enacting political violence and racial terror.

Despite the family’s insistence that “he was not there to participate in acts of violence or riots” and did not “tolerate such actions”, Greeson had posted on popular conservative social platforms asking his supporters to “load up their guns and take to the streets “weeks before the events.

“Let’s take this bloody country back,” he wrote to Parler. Like many of the white nationalists who participated, Greeson never specifies from whom the country is being taken.

Rosanne Boyland, 34

The Kennesaw, Georgia resident reportedly died of a medical emergency during the riots. Later, family members told reporters that Boyland had been crushed in the melee.

Boyland, an avid Trump supporter, had a criminal record, including being charged with possession or distribution of heroin “at least four other times” in Georgia. Other past charges include battery, obstruction of law enforcement and trespassing.

According to the Daily Mail, Wednesday’s attack was the first Trump event Boyland attended. Her family told the local WGCL that while they understood that she was “really passionate about her beliefs,” they were shocked and “devastated” to learn that she participated in the insurrection.

“Tragically, she was there and it cost her her life,” Justin Cave, Boyland’s brother-in-law, told WGCL.

“I never tried to be a political person, but I think the president’s words incited a riot that killed four of his biggest fans last night, and I think we should invoke the 25th Amendment right now,” he said. additional.