where was ashli babbitt shot

Ashli Babbitt was shot inside the U.S. Capitol building, at the doorway leading into the Speaker’s Lobby adjacent to the House chamber in Washington, D.C.

Exact location

• The shooting took place on January 6, 2021, during the storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

• She was at a barricaded doorway to the Speaker’s Lobby, which is directly off the House of Representatives chamber.

What she was doing

• Babbitt was trying to climb through a shattered window in the barricaded door to the Speaker’s Lobby when a Capitol Police officer on the other side fired a single shot.

• The bullet struck her in the upper left chest/shoulder area, causing her to fall back into the crowd in the Capitol hallway.

After the shooting

• On-scene officers and an emergency response team provided medical aid inside the Capitol before she was transported by EMS.

• She was taken from the Capitol to Washington Hospital Center in D.C., where she was later pronounced dead.

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