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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Kunzelman

Rioter who hurled bow like a spear at police during Jan. 6 attack gets more than 7 years in prison

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A professional butcher whose bloody, wild-eyed face became one of the most memorable images of the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison for hurling a bow like a spear at police and attacking several other officers.

Kyle Fitzsimons, 39, of Maine, was wearing a white butcher’s coat embroidered with his first name when he separately assaulted at least five officers near a tunnel as police desperately tried to protect an entrance to the Capitol from the angry mob of President Donald Trump's supporters, prosecutors said.

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