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William "Billy" Evans was the Capitol Police officer killed during the attack. [15] He served for 18 years with the United States Capitol Police, and was a member of the first responder unit. [16] He was the sixth Capitol Police officer to die in the line of duty since the force was created in 1828. [17] [18]
Capitol Police officers have still been recovering from the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, which claimed the life of Officer Brian Sicknick, 42. Another died by suicide after the Jan. 6 riot.
Police saluted US Capitol Police Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans, killed after getting struck by a vehicle on April 2, as a motorcade carried his hearse to a lying-in-honor ceremony at the ...
Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18 year veteran of the force, was killed Friday when a man rammed his car into a barrier immediately outside the U.S. Senate side of the building.
[279] [280] At its signing, President Biden also referenced U.S. Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans, who defended the Capitol on January 6 and was killed on duty during the Capitol car attack on April 2, 2021. [281] Officer Evans' children were with Biden when he signed the bill. [277] [282] [peacock prose]
On April 2, 2021, a suspect identified as Noah Green used a car to hit two Capitol Police officers and then hit a barricade. Officer William "Billy" Evans died and the other officer was hospitalized. Officers shot and killed the suspect. The Capitol was locked down. Green said on social media that he believed he was a victim of "mind control". [58]
Fallen Capitol Police Officer William Evans is lying in honor at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda today. President Biden and other top congressional leaders honored Evans during a ceremony this morning.
On August 5, 2021, Howard Charles Liebengood and Metropolitan Police officer Jeffrey L. Smith (along with Brian Sicknick and Billy Evans, whose deaths were not the result of suicide) were posthumously honored in a signing ceremony for a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Capitol Police and other January 6 responders. Their names are ...