The Justice Department is opening an investigation into the shooting death of an Air Force veteran during the Capitol riot on Wednesday.
Ashli Babbitt, 35, died in the melee after she was shot in the chest by a Capitol Police officer while she was trying to climb through a smashed window in an attempt to enter the House Chambers.
Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, told CBS News his office opened a formal excessive force investigation related to Babbitt’s death. The probe will be handled by the office’s civil rights division.
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The same division is investigating the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, also a military veteran, who was reportedly bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher as the mob entered the legislative building.
Ashli Babbitt is seen after being shot inside the U.S. Capitol.Bloomberg via Getty Images
Three others died during the Capitol siege, including Roseanne Boyland, who was trampled to death, and two
