The FBI will join the investigation into the death of police officer Brian Sicknick from injuries suffered during the march of Donald Trump supporters that ended the invasion of the Capitol Wednesday.
Agent had 42 years and was injured when he “physically confronted protesters,” police said.
Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said that There will be no lack of resources for those responsible to be brought to justice.
The flags flew at half mast on the Capitol this Friday as a sign of mourning.
Sicknick’s death was the fifth recorded in Wednesday’s incidents, which have even led to the impeachment of President Trump.
Ex-military Ashli Babbitt was shot dead by a police officer, while three other people died after suffering unspecified medical emergencies.
The chief d Capitol Police said more than 50 officers suffered injuries during the siege.
What is known about the death by Brian Sicknick? The details of what happened are not yet clear.
In a statement, Capitol Police said that Sicknick died Thursday night “from injuries sustained while on duty.”
He was injured while responding to the assault on Congress, police said.
“He went back to his office and passed out. He was taken to a hospital, where he died of the injuries, “the police added without giving further details.
The newspaper The New York Times cited two senior law enforcement officials who say that Sicknick was hit by a fire extinguisher, but it has not been confirmed how the attack was.
What is known about the woman who died of a gunshot and other robbers of the Capitol Rosen said Friday that the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and Washington police will jointly investigate Sicknick’s death, although he did not confirm whether It will be treated as a possible homicide.
The television station CNN summoned a high command of the security forces which says prosecutors plan to open a murder investigation.
Who was Brian Sicknick? Sicknick was the youngest of three siblings born s in South River, New Jersey.
“All his life he wanted to be a police officer,” his brother, Ken Sicknick, said in a statement.
“Brian is a hero and we would like people to remember that,” he added.
Sicknick joined the Capitol Police in July 2008.
Previously served in the New Jersey National Guard, which you joined in 1997. It was shipped to Saudi Arabia in 1999 and Kyrgyzstan in 2003 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in the Iraq War.
Assault on the Capitol: “If those protesters had been black, now we would be talking about more deaths” “Sergeant Sicknick’s commitment to the service and protection of his community, his state and of their country they will never forget, ”said the New Jersey National Guard.
What was the reaction? The White House and prominent politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, paid tribute to Sicknick.
The Democratic leader in Congress, Nancy Pelosi , ordered the Capitol flags to fly at half mast.
“The violent and deadly act of insurrection against the Capitol, the temple of democracy in the United States nests, and their workers was a profound tragedy and a stain in the history of our country “, expressed Pelosi in a statement.
Flag at half mast at the Capitol for the death of Sicknick. A spokeswoman for President Trump said that both he as “the entire government extends its deepest condolences to the family of Agent Brian Sicknick.”
“We all mourn the loss of a hero,” he added.
Democrat Don Beyer asked that Sicknick’s remains rest in the rotunda of the Capitol , the heart of the building, because “his last sacrifice” was to protect the congressmen, gathered to certify the electoral triumph of Joe Biden when the invasion took place.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz was the target of criticism and attacks after writing on Twitter that Sicknick was a “true hero.”
Cruz, a loyal Trump ally, led the Senate the campaign against the certification of Biden’s triumph for an alleged electoral fraud of which there is no evidence and which has been rejected by different judicial instances.
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