US Capitol attacker had delusion of ‘mind control’ by Govt

Washington, Apr 03 (PTI):
A Capitol Police officer was killed and another injured after a man rammed his car into a security barrier outside the US Capitol and then got out of the vehicle and lunged towards the officers with a knife, setting off a major security scare nearly three months after the January 6 insurrection by pro-Trump supporters.
The 25-year-old suspect, identified as Noah Green, was shot dead by the Capitol Police.
The suspect rammed his car into two of our officers and then hit the north barricade barrier. The suspect exited the vehicle with a knife in hand, Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters at a news conference. In Instagram stories, some posted just hours before the attack, Green blamed the US government for his issues and wrote he believed federal law enforcement agencies were trying to conduct mind-control experiments on him. He did not respond to verbal commands. The suspect did start lunging toward US Capitol Police officers, at which US Capitol Police officers fired upon the suspect. At this time, the suspect has been pronounced deceased, Pittman said. Two US Capitol Police officers were transported to two different hospitals. One of them succumbed to his injuries, she said. It was the second line-of-duty death in three months at the US Capitol Police department which bore the brunt of the unprecedented January 6 insurrection. President Joe Biden said that he and the First Lady were heartbroken to learn of the violent attack at a security checkpoint on the US Capitol grounds, which killed William Evans of the US Capitol Police. At a news conference, Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said that investigation was on and at this time it does not appear to be an ongoing threat.