Suspect died after being shot and arrested… “Unemployment·Sickness Pain” on SNS
3 months after the intrusion to the Capitol Hill… Authorities “It doesn’t look like terrorism, keep investigating”
The capitol was closed and released after 2 hours… Biden issued a condolence statement and ordered early hoisting
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A car hit a barricade outside the US Capitol in Washington DC on the 2nd (local time).
As a result, two police officers were injured, one of them died, and the suspect was also shot and killed after being arrested.
Washington DC police held a briefing this afternoon to explain the course of the incident.
The suspect was arrested after hitting a checkpoint near the Capitol with a car, descending, swinging a knife and running into the police officers, then shot.
The suspect did not obey the officer’s verbal orders, the police said.
The incident occurred at 1:02 pm on a barricade north of the Capitol. It is about 91m away from the entrance of the building on the side of the Senate of the Capitol.
Immediately after the incident, both police officers and the suspect were transferred to the hospital, of which one police officer and the suspect eventually died.
The suspect is a 25-year-old black man named Noah Green, according to American media such as CNN.
He was found to have recently posted on social media that he was losing his job and suffering from illness, and that the federal government is manipulating his mind and targeting him.
In addition, it was revealed that the suspect posted a link to a video on his Instagram account of the speech of American Muslim leader Louis Parakan, about two hours before the rush to the Congressional checkpoint.
In the subtitles of the link video, CNN reported that “the US government is the number one enemy of blacks.”
Authorities said the suspect did not appear to be a person on police surveillance.
The dead policeman William Billy Evans was a veteran officer who joined the congressional police in 2003 and worked for 18 years, the Associated Press reported.
Washington DC Acting Police Commissioner Robert Conti said there are no more ongoing threats and the attacks appear to have nothing to do with terrorism.
However, he said he will continue to investigate to see if there is any connection to terrorism.
Authorities said that after Jan. 6, the invasion of the Capitol Hill broke out, it is “a very difficult time for the police,” and that it is difficult but will overcome.
Immediately after this incident, the area of the Capitol was closed and the action was lifted after 3 pm.
The Senate and House of Representatives have entered the Easter holiday, and the lawmakers did not appear at the Capitol on that day, Reuters reported.
President Joe Biden, who is staying at the president’s villa, Camp David, issued a condolence statement.
In a statement, President Biden said, “The violent attack at the parliamentary checkpoint kills Officer William Evans of the congressional police, and his colleague fights, and his heart is torn.” .
In addition, he ordered early hoisting by the 6th through a separate decree. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also ordered an early hoist to the Capitol in connection with the case.
CNN reported that the death of a police officer was the second time this year after one officer was killed in a riot in the Capitol Hill on January 6th.
In the United States, the border around the parliament has been strengthened since the supporters of former President Donald Trump invaded the parliament on January 6th.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]
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