Ashli Babbitt, the 35-year-old Air Force veteran who was fatally shot outside the U.S. Capitol Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021, was “murdered ... under the color of authority,” a use-of-force expert has concluded after reviewing video footage of the incident.
Just before 2:45 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, Babbitt began climbing through a side window leading into the Speaker’s Lobby and was shot in the left anterior shoulder by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. She was pronounced dead a half-hour later at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
