The woman who was shot and killed during the pro-Trump storming of the
US Capitol has been identified, according to local news reports.
Ashli Babbit of
San Diego, a 14-year
veteran of the
US Air Force, was struck by a bullet after she entered the legislative complex with rioters.
Fox 5 reports that Ms Babbit’s mother-in-law identified her on Wednesday evening and
KUSI spoke with her husband.
Ms Babbit’s husband did not travel to Washington, DC with her.
“I really don’t know why she decided to do this,” her mother-in-law told Fox 5.