Ashli Babbitt Family Lawyear Preparing $10M Wrongful Death Suit Against Officer
6th August 2021
A police officer “ambushed” Ashli Babbitt and fatally shot her during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the Babbitt family attorney.
The lawyer, Terry Roberts, is preparing a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $10 million in damages against the Capitol Police and the officer who fired the shot that killed Babbitt, RealClear Investigations reported.
Roberts told RealClear Investigations he has gathered evidence indicating the Capitol Police plainclothes lieutenant remained silent before shooting Babbitt. That, despite the officer’s attorney saying his client screamed warnings for Babbitt to stop before opening fire as she attempted to breach a barricaded door inside the Capitol Building.
Roberts said the police officer not only failed to warn Babbitt, he “ambushed” her from the side where she could not see he had taken up position in a hall doorway and had drawn his weapon.