Hero Officer Killed by MAGA Mob Wanted to Be a Cop ‘His Entire Life’: Family Pilar Melendez, Rachel Olding
Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer “his entire life.”
The South River, New Jersey, native joined the New Jersey Air National Guard as a means to that end. He served in post-9/11 Operations Enduring Freedom and Desert Shield, and worked for the 108th Air Refueling Wing at New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
“Brian is a hero and that is what we would like people to remember,” his older brother, Ken Sicknick, said in a statement to The Daily Beast. “Many details regarding Wednesday’s events and the direct causes of Brian s injuries remain unknown and our family asks the public and the press to respect our wishes in not making Brian s passing a political issue.”
By Sarah N. Lynch and Tim Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A homicide investigation was opened on Friday into the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died from head injuries sustained while defending the U.S. Capitol from a mob of President Donald Trump s loyalists.
Sicknick, an Iraq War veteran, died in a hospital on Thursday night after physically engaging with pro-Trump rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday to disrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden s presidential election win, according to the Capitol Police.
Sicknick s death will be investigated by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department s Homicide Branch, the Capitol Police said in a statement. The FBI will help in the investigation of Sicknick s death, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said on Friday.