According to some American media, Howard Liebengood is said to have committed suicide. It is not clear whether this agent participated in the defense of the Capitol last Wednesday.
The bad news from the United States continues. Four days after the violent seizure of the convention building, Capitol Police reported that another member of the institution had died. Howard Liebengood, 51, died “off duty”, according to the institution’s statement.
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The AP agency reported that two sources confirmed that the agent committed suicide.
Liebengood is the second Capitol police officer to die in the days after Trump supporters stormed the building in an attempt to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory.
New battle for the Capitol Police Force. Agent Howard Liebengood takes his life days after the attack on the institution pic.twitter.com/429jPRnYFU
– Sandro Pozzi (@sandro_pozzi) January 10, 2021
It was unclear whether Officer Liebengood had played a role in defending the building on Wednesday when a mob of protesters attacked the headquarters of the US legislature.
“It was not known if his death was related to the siege, which claimed the life of another officer injured in the clashes with the crowd,” he reported Sunday. The New York Times.
A day after the violent takeover, Brian D. Sicknick became the first member of the Capitol Police to die.
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“At approximately 9:30 am tonight (2:30 am GMT Friday), Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick died from injuries sustained while working on the attack on Congress,” a police spokesman said in a statement.
Sicknick was injured “while physically confronting the protesters” who invaded Congress, and suffered a “collapse” when he returned to his office, for which he was taken to hospital, the note explains. The officer had worked for the Capitol Police since 2008, according to police, who said it is investigating what happened.
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Who was Liebengood?
Officer Liebengood, 51, was a Capitol Police Officer since 2005 and was assigned to the Senate department.
Capitol Police have been the target of harsh criticism since Wednesday. Lawmakers and other voices blame them for failing to contain the crowd.
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The debate is so big that the head of that department’s department of police, Steven Sund, resigned a day after the shooting. The resignation came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi requested his resignation.
Following the seizure, the debate was aroused by the petty security deployed around the Capitol on Wednesday, on a day that was already complex.