In remarks in Wilmington, Del., Biden offered his condolences to the family of Officer Brian Sicknick, who died on Thursday night from injuries sustained while engaging with pro-Trump rioters at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.
“Let me begin by expressing my deep sympathy for the family of Capitol Officer Sicknick, who has died in the line of duty,” Biden said as he prepared to announce members of his economics team.
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“The people responsible should be held accountable and they will be,” the president-elect added.
Sicknick’s death brought the number of fatalities from the chaos that unfolded on Wednesday to five. One participant in the rampage, which was intended to disrupt Congress’s certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer as she climbed through a broken window.
Homicide investigation opened into death of Brian Sicknick, police officer killed in US Capitol riot
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US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died of injuries sustained during the riot at the Capitol.
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A homicide investigation has been opened into the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died from head injuries sustained while defending the US Capitol from a mob of President Donald Trump s loyalists.
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Law enforcement officials said Brian Sicknick was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher
In a statement, Mr Sicknick s family asked that his death not be politicised by the media
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.