Early Sunday morning, a chaotic scene unfolded at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
Police told the Associated Press 29-year-old Richard A. York III rammed his car into a barrier on East Capitol Street. He started shooting shots at the air shortly after it went up in flames. The man shot himself and it ended in tragedy.
Nobody was hurt.
Authorities claim that the man is not a threat to any Congressmen who are on summer break.
According to Capitol police, the man is from Delaware. The man is from Delaware, according to Capitol police. Capitol police are looking into York’s background, while Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police handle his death investigation.
This is more than a year ago after the January 6th 2021 rebellion. Federal investigators are focusing on highly classified documents. Former President Donald Trump was reportedly expelled from the White House and taken to his Mar-a-Lago estate, Florida.
Thousands of people who falsely believed the 2020 presidential election win was stolen away from Trump stormed the capitol, threatened lawmakers and said they’d intended to kill then Vice President Mike Pence for certifying the election results that had been verified several times.
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