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SAN DIEGO — The woman who was shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol Building during a violent pro-Trump siege Wednesday was an Ocean Beach resident, according to her extended family and media reports.
Her husband confirmed to KUSI that the woman, whose shooting was caught on video, was 35-year-old Ashli Elizabeth Babbitt, and said she was an Air Force veteran.
The Union-Tribune spoke to a family member who said they saw videos of the incident — the bystander footage has flooded the Internet — and are convinced that the woman was Babbitt. “It’s her. It’s her. It’s definitely her,” the family member said.
But the family had not been able to confirm that with authorities in Washington D.C. “No one has contacted us,” the family member said. “No official person has gotten back to us despite the many phone calls.”
Videos showing the encounter quickly spread online. One shows several people at the doors of the Speaker’s Lobby, a hallway leading to the House chamber. The top half of the doors are made of glass, and the doors look to be barricaded on the inside with chairs and tables. A few people in the crowd beat the panes until they break.
A person started to climb through a broken window. A single gunshot cracks and the person — a woman — falls back to the floor. Others surround her and some shout for help.
Shortly after KUSI first reported her name, a Facebook profile for Babbitt listed the name of her current husband. Later Wednesday evening, the profile had been changed, and his name removed.