The family of Ashli Babbitt — the woman shot dead while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — still hasn’t filed the wrongful-death suit for which their legal team raised $460,000, a news outlet in her former hometown reports.
Babbitt was felled by a single shot fired by a Capitol Police officer defending members of Congress as extremists loyal to former President Donald Trump attempted to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral win. Lt. Michael Byrd, who was cleared of any wrongdoing, fired at Babbitt as she stormed through a door leading into the House of Representatives chamber.
According to the CBS 8, an attorney for Babbitt’s family has made repeated claims he would file a $10 million wrongful-death suit on their behalf, but that has not happened. That attorney reportedly said last year the suit would be coming soon.
