World News – CA – Woman was fatally shot by Capitol Police, officials say

A woman who was fatally shot and killed in the Capitol after being overrun by a pro-Trump mob was shot down by a Capitol Police officer, a police officer said Wednesday night

Chef Robert J The Metropolitan Police Department’s Contee told reporters that the woman was shot dead by a police officer Wednesday afternoon when plainclothes officers faced the mob. She later died in a hospital, he said, and the shooting is under investigation

At least 14 Capitol police officers were injured during the demonstrations on Wednesday, Chief Contee said, including two who have been hospitalized

A video posted on Twitter Wednesday showed a shooting in the Capitol

The woman in the video appeared to be climbing onto a small ledge next to a door in the building, just before a single loud bang was heard. The woman, wrapped in a flag, fell to the ground at the top of a stairwell a military style rifle stood next to her after she fell and was called “police” when a man in a suit approached the woman and crouched next to her

Chief Contee said three more deaths were reported in the Capitol area on Wednesday – a woman and two men. Without elaborating, he said the three people appear to have “suffered from separate medical emergencies that were too.” her death resulted in ”

Woman shot dead in Capitol