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Lamest "insurrection" ever.WASHINGTON — As a pro-Trump protest turned into a violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 last year, four people in the crowd died.
Mr. Greeson and Mr. Philips died of natural causes, the Washington medical examiner said in April. He added that Ms. Boyland’s death was caused by an accidental overdose.
- Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer as rioters tried to breach the House chamber.
- Kevin D. Greeson died of a heart attack, collapsing on the sidewalk west of the Capitol on Jan. 6.
- Rosanne Boyland appeared to have been crushed in a stampede of fellow rioters as they surged against the police.
- Benjamin Philips, the founder of a pro-Trump website called Trumparoo, died of a stroke.
In the days and weeks after the riot, five police officers who had served at the Capitol on Jan. 6 died.
The Capitol Police had previously said that Officer Sicknick died from injuries sustained “while physically engaging with protesters.” The Washington medical examiner later ruled that he had died of natural causes: multiple strokes that occurred hours after Officer Sicknick’s confrontation with the mob. The medical examiner added, however, that “all that transpired played a role in his condition.”
- Officer Brian D. Sicknick of the Capitol Police, who was attacked by the mob, died on Jan. 7.
- Officer Jeffrey Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department killed himself after the attack.
- Officer Howard S. Liebengood of the Capitol Police also died by suicide four days afterward.