MPD closes investigation into death of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick
Legal experts say the autopsy listing a stroke as the cause of death eliminates the possibility of homicide charges. Author: Eric Flack, Jordan Fischer Published: 2:51 PM EDT April 20, 2021 Updated: 3:00 PM EDT April 20, 2021
WASHINGTON A day after the Office of the D.C. Medical Examiner ruled U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes – not injuries suffered fighting insurrectionists at the Capitol on January 6 – the Metropolitan Police Department said its investigation into Sicknick’s death is now closed.
“MPD’s death investigation has concluded,” MPD spokesperson Alaina Gertz wrote in an email. “To my knowledge, there is no additional report coming out.”
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Five people have died in connection to Wednesday s siege of the US Capitol.
One woman was shot, three died of medical emergencies, and a Capitol Police officer succumbed to injuries after being struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, according to police.
Kevin Greeson, 55, of Athens, Alabama; Benjamin Phillips, 50, of Ringtown Pennsylvania; and Roseanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia; all died of medical emergencies on Capitol grounds.
A US Capitol police officer was killed, a rioter was shot, and three people died of medical emergencies during the Capitol siege on Wednesday.
Kevin Greeson, 55, of Athens, Alabama; Benjamin Philips, 50, of Ringtown Pennsylvania; and Roseanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia; died on Capitol grounds.
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Jan 11, 2021
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. (AP) From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer.
He enlisted in the National Guard six months after graduating high school in 1997, deploying to Saudi Arabia and then Kyrgyzstan. Joining the Guard was his means to joining law enforcement, his family said.
He would join the U.S. Capitol Police in 2008, serving until his death Thursday after being attacked as rioters seething over President Donald Trump’s election loss stormed the U.S. Capitol, believing the president’s false claims of a rigged election.
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US Capitol police officer who died after violent assault loved his job
This image released by the US Capitol Police (USCP) on Jan 8, 2021, shows USCP Officer Brian D Sicknick. (Photo: AFP/US Capitol Police)
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WASHINGTON: His first big assignment was working at former President Barack Obama s inauguration in 2009. Officer Brian Sicknick had just been sworn in with the US Capitol Police Department, fulfilling a lifelong dream. He loved his job, his father, Charles Sicknick, said in an interview with Reuters. I ll never get over this.