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Four police officers are dead as a direct result of the attack on the Capitol.

"An Indiana man who was pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump last Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a sheriff’s deputy on Sunday."

“An altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect. The investigation also shows that during the traffic stop, the suspect was in possession of a firearm,” the news release read.

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'The officer that is involved has been placed on paid administrative leave,' Jasper County Sheriff Patrick Williamson said in a statement.

In the days and weeks after the riot, five police officers who had served at the Capitol on Jan. 6 died.

• Officer Brian D. Sicknick of the Capitol Police, who was attacked by the mob, died on Jan. 7.

• Officer Jeffrey Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department killed himself after the attack.

• Officer Howard S. Liebengood of the Capitol Police also died by suicide four days afterward.

The Capitol Police had previously said that Officer Sicknick died from injuries sustained “while physically engaging with protesters.” The Washington medical examiner later ruled that he had died of natural causes: multiple strokes that occurred hours after Officer Sicknick’s confrontation with the mob. The medical examiner added, however, that “all that transpired played a role in his condition.”