| Part of the law enforcement response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack | |
 Babbitt prior to the January 6 United States Capitol attack | |
| Date | January 6, 2021 |
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| Time | 2:44 pm (UTC-5) |
| Location | United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′23″N 77°00′40″W / 38.88972°N 77.01111°W |
| Type | Killing by a law enforcement officer |
| Cause | Deadly force used by officer guarding members of Congress from the Capitol insurrection rioters |
| Participants | Michael Byrd |
| January 6 United States Capitol attack |
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| Timeline • Planning |
| Background |
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On January 6, 2021, Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot during the attack on the United States Capitol.[1][2][3] She was part of a crowd of supporters of then outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump who violently breached and stormed the United States Capitol building seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.[4][5][6]
Despite multiple warnings not to proceed,[7] Babbitt attempted to climb through a shattered window beside a barricaded door into the Speaker's Lobby and was thwarted when she was shot in her left shoulder ("upper portion of the left chest near the clavicle"[8]) by a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer.[9][10][11][12] After a USCP emergency response team administered aid, Babbitt was transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she died.[13][14] The USCP deemed the shooting was "lawful and within Department policy" and "potentially saved Members (of Congress) and staff from serious injury and possible death".[15][16]
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- ^ Swaine, Jon; Bennett, Dalton; Lee, Joyce Sohyun; Kelly, Meg (January 8, 2021). "Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
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- ^ Adams, Cheryle (April 7, 2021). "Medical examiner's statement" (PDF). Judicial Watch. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
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