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This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story

In a photo taken Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd helps to direct the evacuation as the House chamber comes under attack by a violent mob during the congressional certification of the presidential election, at the Capitol in Washington. Minutes later, Lt. Byrd fatally shot a Trump protester, Ashli Babbitt, as she and other rioters were breaking into the Speaker's Lobby where members of Congress were retreating. After enduring threats and investigations, Lt. Byrd spoke publicly for the first time about the ordeal during a NBC News interview, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Capitol Police officer threatened for shooting Ashli Babbitt should ‘suck it up,’ widower says

This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

Capitol Police lieutenant says he fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during Jan. 6 riot

Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. It's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Woman fatally shot at Capitol echoed Trump on social media

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Aaron Babbitt also said in a series of TV interviews Thursday night that he cannot sympathize with Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd and said he has been receiving frequent threats as well.

Capitol Police officer threatened for shooting Ashli Babbitt should 'suck it up,' widower says →

Babbitt’s husband, Aaron Babbitt, said Mr. Byrd admitted not knowing what was in his wife’s hands and couldn’t hear what the protesters were saying through the glass doors. 

Michael Leroy Byrd, Capitol Police lieutenant, says he fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during Jan. 6 riot →

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