By Clare Hymes, Justin Carissimo, Zoe Christen Jones
March 16, 2021 / 7:02 AM / CBS News 2 charged after officer died after Capitol riot
Two men have been arrested for assaulting Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after responding to the riots on January 6, the Department of Justice announced Monday. The details surrounding Sicknick s death remain unclear.
Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, West Virginia, are accused of spraying police officers with a chemical spray. They face nine counts, including assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Kater and Tanios working together to assault law enforcement with the chemical spray and tear down bike rack barriers that were guarding the Capitol building.
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Two men were charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick and two other officers with an unknown chemical spray as they attempted to break through a bike rack barrier on Capitol grounds, although the men were not charged with murdering Sicknick, whose cause of death has not been publicly released.
Julian Elie Khater and George Pierre Tanios were charged with a host of crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, including three charges of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to injure an officer, civil disorder, obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, physical violence on restricted grounds, violent entry and disorderly conduct, and aiding and abetting.