(Photo : Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Members of the National Guard and the Washington D.C. police keep a small group of demonstrators away from the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Four people, including a woman fatally shot by a police officer, died in the violent Capitol riot between President Donald Trump s supporters and law enforcement on Wednesday.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Robert Contee have confirmed with CBS affiliate WUSA 9 that someone was injured during the Capitol riot. But at the time, they did not release that it was the woman fatally shot and eventually mentioned in several reports.
Man Pleads Guilty Of Killing Elephant Seal On California Beach
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He pleaded guilty to taking a marine mammal
He is likely to face at least one year in prison for the misdemeanor
A man pleaded guilty of fatally shooting an elephant seal, a species protected under federal law, on a California beach last year, prosecutors said Monday.
Jordan Gerbich, 30, who now lives in Utah, had been residing in California’s Santa Maria County when he shot the seal, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said.
Gerbich admitted in his plea agreement that he shot the marine animal with a .45-caliber pistol as it was basking on the beach in an area adjacent to Piedras Blancas Marine Reserve and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary near San Simeon.