Four deaths in the’shooting of the US Congress’… One is a former Trump supporter

On the 6th (local time), the wounded in a shooting at the Capitol in Washington, DC, USA is being deported. AP=Yonhap News

On the 6th (local time), Fox News reported that one of the dead was identified as Ashley Babbit (female) in the Washington DC Federal Capitol shooting.

According to his husband, San Diego-based Bobbit has 14 years of service in the Air Force and was a strong supporter of US President Donald Trump. Bobbit’s mother-in-law said, “I really don’t know why she got to do this.”

Ashley Babbit dies in a shooting at the Capitol in Washington DC on the 6th (local time). [트위터 캡처]

It is said that Bobbit was struck in the chest by a bullet shot by someone inside the Capitol Building. The U.S. Public Radio (NPR) reported that it is not yet clear who shot this woman, citing a police source.

The Associated Press and Reuters reported that four people died so far due to the intrusion of protesters supporting Trump. The news agency cited the Washington DC police and reported that one protester woman shot by the congressional police was taken to the hospital and died, and three died in a’medical emergency’.

Police aiming guns and barricades at protesters trying to invade the US Capitol in Washington DC on the 6th (local time). AP=Yonhap News

President-elect Trump supporters, who had previously gathered in Washington from all over the country, broke into Congress, where a joint Senate-House meeting was held to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

The meeting was halted when protesters disagreeing with the results of the presidential election illegally occupied the parliament, which is a’symbol of democracy’. Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the meeting, was escorted by the Secret Service and rushed out of the Senate building.

Local police said they had arrested 52 people for intruding into the Capitol. 47 were arrested for violating the 6 p.m. curfew introduced by Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, and 26 were arrested on the grounds of the Capitol. Some have been arrested for possessing unauthorized or prohibited firearms.

In addition, the police found and recovered a pipe bomb in the headquarters buildings of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) near the Capitol, and a refrigerator containing Molotov cocktails from a vehicle in the Capitol.

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