{"id":112078,"date":"2021-04-14T18:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=112078"},"modified":"2021-04-14T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:12:01","slug":"officer-who-shot-and-killed-capitol-rioter-ashli-babbitt-wont-be-charged-doj-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/officer-who-shot-and-killed-capitol-rioter-ashli-babbitt-wont-be-charged-doj-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Officer who shot and killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt won&#x27;t be charged, DOJ says"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The Department of Justice said it will not pursue criminal charges against the police officer who fatally shot a woman participating in the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol.<\/li>\n<li>The woman, 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, was one of five people who died as a result of the invasion of the Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump&#x27;s supporters. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Department of Justice said Wednesday that it will not pursue criminal charges against the police officer who fatally shot a woman participating in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump invasion of the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials &quot;determined that there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution&quot; against the U.S. Capitol Police officer, the Justice Department said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>That determination followed a &quot;thorough investigation&quot; that examined video footage, eyewitness statements and physical evidence surrounding the shooting, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation has now been closed, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, was one of five people who died as a result of the invasion of the Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump&#x27;s supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Babbitt was part of the crowd that gained access to a hallway outside the Speaker&#x27;s Lobby, which leads to the House chamber. She was shot once by an officer as she tried to climb through the broken glass window of a door to the lobby, which has been barricaded from the inside with furniture.<\/p>\n<p>Babbitt was shot in the left shoulder and fell backward onto the floor. She was transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she died.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the Metropolitan Police Department&#x27;s Internal Affairs Division told Babbitt&#x27;s family earlier Wednesday that no criminal charges would be brought against the officer.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&#x27;s press release said that &quot;the investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot at Ms. Babbitt, the officer did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Acknowledging the tragic loss of life and offering condolences to Ms. Babbitt&#x27;s family, the U.S. Attorney&#x27;s Office and U.S. Department of Justice have therefore closed the investigation into this matter,&quot; the press release said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/14\/officer-who-killed-capitol-rioter-ashli-babbitt-wont-be-charged-doj-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice said it will not pursue criminal charges against the police officer who fatally shot a woman participating in the Jan. 6 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Officer who shot and killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt won&#x27;t be charged, DOJ says - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/officer-who-shot-and-killed-capitol-rioter-ashli-babbitt-wont-be-charged-doj-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Officer who shot and killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt won&#x27;t be charged, DOJ says - 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