Ashli Babbitt, of Ocean Beach, California, was killed by Capitol police on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, while rioting at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Babbitt was a dodgy character with several arrests, a restraining order, and at least one civil suit, but no conviction of a serious crime, on her record. Read about that here.
She traveled to Washington, D.C., without her husband to participate in planned protests. “Babbitt’s social media featured retweets of bogus conspiracy theories that President-elect Joe Biden stole the election from Trump,” the New York Daily News reported. In an old photo, she’s seen wearing a QAnon t-shirt.
She was shot inside the Capitol Building by an officer while climbing through a window broken by other rioters to get into congressional chambers. According to a witness, just before being shot, she ignored a warning that officers had drawn guns and “were going to shoot.” She was given first aid at the scene and taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Three other crowd members died from “medical emergencies,” CNBC reported. Police didn’t provide more details.