WASHINGTON: Four people died on the U.S. Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.
In a late-night news conference, Contee said that 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 6 p.m. curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on U.S. Capitol grounds.
Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.
In addition, Contee said, two pipe bombs were recovered from the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees, as well as a cooler from a vehicle on U.S. Capitol grounds that contained Molotov cocktails.
Contee declined to identify the woman a Capitol Police officer shot and killed, saying next of kin notification was still pending.
Three other people died on Wednesday because of medical emergencies, he added.
The wider angle of the clip helps the viewer see thousands of Trump supporters spread over a large area, as opposed to most videos of the protest that can be seen on social media which do not provide such a wide angle.
This video of the siege of the Capitol on TikTok is crazy and different than I had seen pic.twitter.com/JXwvKVLjxB
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) January 7, 2021
Tens of thousands of Trump supporters are out in DC this morning, packing The Ellipse and now filling up much of the space near the Washington Monument as an overflow area to watch the rally #DC #SaveAmericaMarch #WashingtonDC #January6thDC pic.twitter.com/PaYZsRXWk3
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Here’s the scary moment when protesters initially got into the building from the first floor and made their way outside Senate chamber.#WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/ZiibWl0oSu
— SanamJamali (@Sanamjamali6) January 6, 2021
Pounding on the doors as the crowds move through the halls of the U.S. Capitol #CapitolBuilding #Congress #DC #WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/WyNwHJVoPM
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Trump supporters breach the line of police, now having opened the Capitol on the front and back side as outside crowds rush into the building #January6th #Capitol #DC #WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/qUobYiubT7
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
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