April 14 (UPI) -- The Justice Department announced Wednesday it won't charge the Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt, a woman involved in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division closed the case after a "thorough investigation," a release from the department said.
Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from Ocean Beach, Calif., died after she was shot while participating in the mob of the Capitol. Thousands of people loyal to former President Donald Trump pushed past police barriers around the building and broke windows to enter.
Video footage from the scene appears to show Babbit among a group of people attempting to climb through a broken glass door when an officer opened fire, hitting her in the left shoulder.
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