by Emily Crane at The Daily Mail
Ashli Babbitt’s husband is demanding authorities release the name of the police officer who shot dead his wife during the US Capitol riots, saying the ‘silence is deafening’.
Speaking to Fox News‘ Tucker Carlson on Monday night, Aaron Babbitt said he still hasn’t been told which officer was responsible for fatally shooting his 35-year-old wife on January 6.
The Metropolitan Police Department has so far refused to name the officer involved and the Department of Justice announced in April they would not be pursuing charges against the officer following an investigation.
‘Somebody in DC knows, I think a lot of people know, but nobody is telling us. And the silence is deafening,’ Babbitt, who lives in San Diego, California, said.
‘I never expected to lose my wife to political violence.’
His attorney Terrell Roberts said he believes the officer responsible for Ashli’s death is the same one who made headlines for leaving his loaded gun in a public restroom inside the Capitol in February 2019.
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