4 died as Trump supporters stormed Capitol

Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied US Capitol. Washington DC Police Chief Robert Contee said de on Wednesday included a woman who was shot by US Capitol Police, as well as three ors who died in “medical emergencies".

Police said both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed chemical irritants during hours-long occupation of Capitol building before it was cleared Wednesday evening by law enforcement. woman was shot earlier Wednesday as mob tried to break through a barriced door in Capitol where police were armed on or side. She was hospitalised with a gunshot wound and later died.

DC police officials also say two pipe bombs were recovered, one outside Democratic National Committee and one outside Republican National Committee. Police found a cooler from a vehicle that h a long gun and Molotov cocktail on Capitol grounds.  

(Im Credits: AP)