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The District of Columbia National Guard stands outside the Capitol on the night of Wednesday, January 6, 2021, after a day of rebel protests. It was an impressive day as several lawmakers and then the crowd of protesters tried to overthrow America’s presidential election, undermine the country’s democracy and prevent Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo / John Minchillo)
WASHINGTON – Four people died while supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the United States Capitol.
Washington, DC, Chief of Police Robert Contee said the dead on Wednesday included a woman who was shot by US Capitol police, as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies”.
Police said that both police and Trump supporters implanted irritating chemicals during the hour-long occupation of the Capitol building, before being released Wednesday night by the police.
The woman was shot on Wednesday as the crowd tried to break into a locked door on the Capitol, where the police were armed on the other side. She was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and then died.
DC law enforcement officials also say two bombs have been recovered, one outside the Democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National Committee. Police found a refrigerator in a vehicle that had a long gun and a Molotov cocktail on Capitol grounds.
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