Death of D.C. Police officer who died by suicide days after January 6 attack officially ruled a death in the line of duty

A D.C. Police officer who took his own life days after sustaining an injury while working at the Capitol on January 6 has been recognized by the District of Columbia as dying in the line of duty.

Washington's Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board ruled Monday that an injury Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith sustained on January 6 "was the sole and direct cause his death," according to a letter obtained by CBS News.

CNN was first to report Smith's death had been ruled a line-of-duty death.