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[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I suppose this will lead to very serious charges.

Earlier, multiple news outlets, including CNN and NPR, reported the officer’s death. Capitol Police, however, said the reports were not accurate.

“Although some officers were injured and hospitalized yesterday, no USCP officers have passed away,” a spokesperson told Fox News.

Capitol Police Union Chair Gus Papathanasiou told WUSA-TV that the officer “is still on life support, until his family can arrive.”

Capitol Police did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment. The department said Thursday that its officers had been attacked with metal pipes, chemical irritants and other weapons when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters violently stormed the Capitol.