The driver got off the car wielding a knife and was gunned down by law enforcement.
One police officer was killed and another was seriously injured in Washington DC Friday after being rammed by a vehicle just after 1 pm local time.
The driver, who got off the car wielding a knife, was gunned down by law enforcement officers and eventually died at a hospital.
The police officer fallen in the line of duty was identified as William Billy Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the department s first responders unit. It was the second such casualty this year after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer died and another was badly injured Friday when a man rammed a car into them at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, authorities said.
Two law enforcement officials told NBC News that, after striking the officers, the driver jumped out of the car with a knife and was fatally shot by Capitol police. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman confirmed Officer William Billy Evans died of injuries sustained in the attack.
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