During a closed session with Congress members, the acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Department mentioned that a second DC officer died by suicide following the January 6 riots.
Officer Jeffery Smith took his own life shortly after the insurrection just as did Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood.
A third officer, Brian Sicknick, passed away after being beaten with a fire extinguisher during the mayhem.
“We honor the service and sacrifices of Officers Brian Sicknick, Howard Liebengood, and Jeffery Smith, and offer condolences to all the grieving families,” Chief Robert J. Contee III said.
“The costs for this insurrection – both human and monetary – will be steep.”
More than 150 people have been charged in connection with the unprecedented breach of the US Capitol but no suspects were named in Officer Sicknick’s murder.
