Ashli Babbitt’s Family Sues to Learn Identity of Officer Who Shot Her

Melody Black, from Minnesota, becomes emotional as she visits a memorial setup near the U.S. Capitol Building for Ashli Babbitt who was killed in the building the day prior, in Washington on Jan. 7, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is being sued by the family of Ashli Babbitt to learn the identity of the law enforcement officer who fatally shot her in Washington on Jan. 6.

In a seven-page document filed last week in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, relative Aaron Babbitt asked a judge to compel the MPD, Washington’s police force, to search for and hand over records he sought in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.