He was hospitalized on Wednesday night for treatment. The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to a hospital, where she died.Ĭontee said 14 Metropolitan Police officers were hurt, including one who was seriously injured when he was pulled into a mob of protesters and beaten. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said in a press conference Wednesday night that his agency, which has jurisdiction over Washington, D.C., worked closely with Capitol Police in planning for Wednesday’s protests.Ĭontee said a Capitol police officer shot a woman when she tried to enter the Capitol shortly after 2:45 p.m.
Capitol Police-the federal agency of 2,300 that is charged with protecting Congress. Members of Congress have vowed to investigate the security failures, focusing especially on the U.S.
Capitol Wednesday afternoon-raising questions about security for the nation’s lawmakers. Capitol police shot and killed one protester as she tried to enter the building Wednesday and three other people died from “separate medical emergencies” during the siege on the halls of Congress, according to Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.Ī mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters were able to break through police lines and smash their way into the U.S. 1:30 a.m.: 1 killed by police, 3 died in medical emergencies during U.S. TIME is tracking all of these developments as they unfold. But the number of naysayers in the Senate shrunk by half in the wake of the violence. Senators and half of the GOP caucus in the House to contest the results of the elections in Arizona and Pennsylvania-two states that Biden won by narrow margins.
The violence did not deter a last-ditch effort by a handful of U.S. President Trump, temporarily banned from firing off tweets after inciting the violent mob, released a statement immediately after the results were certified and pledged an orderly transition of power moving forward-though he said he still disagreed with the outcome. For too many on Capitol Hill, the consequences of the incendiary rhetoric stoked by the president transcended into reality. Capitol police and lawmakers were forced to shelter in place for hours after marauding supporters of the president forced their way into halls of Congress-ransacking offices and carrying off souvenirs, all in plain view of social media, photographers and TV cameras.įor the next several hours, the building was locked down, as lawmakers and staff were evacuated to undisclosed locations. Shortly after lawmakers gathered in a joint session to certify Biden’s victory Wednesday, Trump supporters who had packed the streets of Washington, D.C., turned violent, breaching police barricades and storming the Capitol building. The final proclamation on what is supposed to be a routine Congressional procedure capped off the most intense day on Capitol Hill in living memory. The tally tipped the win to Biden and Harris at 3:31 a.m.
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