Robert Contee: Last News

The U.S. Capitol grounds were seeing a "7-foot non-scalable fence" erected Thursday, one day after an out-of-control mob stormed the home of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Ashli Babbitt was identified as the woman who was shot and killed by Capitol police during Trump supporters’ riot at the Capitol on January 6, according to the The New York Times. Ashli was among the throngs of rioters who descended on the Capitol following a rally led by President Donald Trump not far from the Capitol building. Ashli was one of four people who were died during the riot, however, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Police Chief Robert Contee explained that the three other individuals who died experienced “medical emergencies,” which were unspecified. Here are five things to know about Ashli.

named by local media as Ashli Babbitt.“We will not know the cause of death – we believe some type of medical emergency,” Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department chief Robert Contee said on Tuesday night.“The gunshot wound victim … she is the one transported from the scene to an area hospital.”At least 52 people have been arrested, mostly for breaking curfew, according to the chief.Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser set a 12-hour curfew, from 6pm Wednesday into Thursday morning.Officers also recovered two pipe bombs, one at the headquarters for the Republican National Committee and another at the Democratic National Committee, Chief Contee said.Also, a cooler filled with a long gun and molotov cocktails were also discovered on the

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPolice cleared the Capitol on Wednesday after rioters stormed the building, smashing windows and breaching barricades in protest of the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.The House sergeant at arms reported that the building had been cleared shortly before 6 p.m., when a curfew was set to take effect across the nation’s capital. It remained unclear whether Congress would resume the certification process once the building was secure.Police had made 13 arrests as of late afternoon, according to Chief Robert Contee of the Metropolitan Police Department.