Man rams car into Capitol officers, One Killed, driver shot dead

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ A Capitol Police officer was killed and another injured after a man rammed his car into a security barrier outside the United States Capitol and then got out of the vehicle and lunged towards the officers with a knife, setting off a major security scare nearly three months after the January 6 insurrection by pro-Trump supporters. The 25-year-old suspect, identified as Noah Green, was shot dead by the Capitol Police.

“The incident happened around 1.02 pm on Friday (local time), when the suspect rammed his car into two of our officers and then hit the north barricade barrier. The suspect exited the vehicle with a knife in hand,” Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters at a news conference.

At that time, the Capitol Police officers engaged that suspect, she said. “He did not respond to verbal commands. The suspect did start lunging toward US Capitol Police officers, at which US Capitol Police officers fired upon the suspect. At this time, the suspect has been pronounced deceased,” Pittman said. Two US Capitol Police officers were transported to two different hospitals. One of them succumbed to his injuries, she said.