A Capitol Police officer has died days after responding to Wednesday’s attack on the building, Capitol police confirmed to CBS News on Sunday. Capitol Police said Officer Howard Liebengood died off duty.
Capitol police said in a statement that Liebengood, 51, was serving on the side of the Senate. He had been with the Capitol Police Department since April 2005. The president of the police union called it a “tragic day”.
“We falter after Officer Liebengood’s death. Every Capitol Police Officer puts the safety of others above their own and Officer Liebengood exemplified the selfless service that characterizes USCP,” said Gus Papathanasiou, chairman of the Capitol Police. Union. a statement.
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Liebengood’s father, Howard Liebengood Sr, served as the Senate sergeant-at-arms from 1981 to 1983.
Other tributes came in on Sunday, including from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Tim Kaine and former Secretary of State John Kerry.
The White House issued a proclamation on Sunday lowering the flag to half the staff in honor of both Liebengood and Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died Thursday as a result of injuries sustained in the Capitol.
A crowd of Trump supporters invaded the Capitol on Wednesday, eventually reaching the floors of the House and Senate. One of the rioters was shot and killed by Capitol police, and three other rioters died as a result of medical emergencies, police said.
