Four people died on Wednesday when supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the United States Capitol.
The police chief of Washington, DC, Robert Contee, said Wednesday night that among the dead was a woman who was shot by police from the Capitol , as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies”, reported NBC 4 from Washington DC.
Police said both law enforcement and supporters of Trump They deployed chemical irritants during the occupation of the Capitol building, which lasted hours before that law enforcement will clear it on Wednesday night.
DC Police: 4 people died as Trump supporters occupied Capitol; 1 woman shot by police, 3 in medical emergencies. pic.twitter.com/qZyM850 iRa
– WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) January 7, 2021
The woman was shot early Wednesday as the mob tried to break through a barricaded door on Capitol Hill where police were armed on the other side . She was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and then died.
The cause of death for the three people who suffered medical emergencies will be determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Fire Department and emergency services of the capital transported others 10 injured people. Fourteen DC police officers were also injured , police said.
Authorities reported that they located and destroyed tube bombs an ice chest containing Molotov cocktails was found at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee and on the Capitol grounds.
The Mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser, extended by 15 days a public emergency declared on Wednesday .
“Many people came to the District armed and with the purpose of participating in violence and destruction and have been involved in violence and destruction,” he said. in a statement the mayor’s office.
I have issued Mayor’s Order 2021 – 003, extending the public emergency declared earlier today for a total of 15 days, until and unless provided for by further Mayoral Order.
– Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) January 7, 2021
Trump issued a moderate call for peace, but did not ask his supporters to leave.
Congress again meet after 8 p.m. and Vice President Mike Pence as well as other lawmakers condemned the violence.
Arrests after curfew Curfew started in DC at 6 pm on Wednesday. Arlington and Alexandria, in Virginia, were also under curfew. Many pro-Trump protesters remained on the streets of DC in defiance of the order.
At 06: 30 pm, DC police reported 47 arrests for curfew violation. Five others were arrested for gun violations.