US Capitol Police Officer Dies After Protests in Washington

A Capitol Police officer stands with members of the National Guard behind a crowd control fence surrounding Capitol Hill a day after a group broke into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 7, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died on Thursday night due to injuries while on duty responding to riots that broke out amid the civil unrest in Washington, police confirmed in a statement.

The officer, Brian Sicknick, died at about 9:30 p.m. In a public statement, the U.S. Capitol Police Department (USCP) said that it “expresses its deepest sympathies to Officer Sicknick’s family and friends on their loss, and mourns the loss of a friend and colleague.”