Capitol Police finds officer who fatally shot January 6 rioter acted lawfully
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Washington — The U.S. Capitol Police said Monday that the officer who fatally shot a California woman during the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol acted lawfully and within the department's policy, concluding an internal investigation into the shooting that occurred outside the House of Representatives.
The Capitol Police said the officer involved in the shooting of Ashli Babbitt, 35, "will not be facing internal discipline" after its Office of Professional Responsibility determined his or her conduct "was lawful." The department also said the actions of the officer, who is not being identified for his or her safety, "potentially saved members and staff from serious injury and possible death" as a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters breached the U.S. Capitol and forced their way to the House chamber.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.