Drug overdose, cardiovascular disease among causes of death for Capitol riot fatalities
WASHINGTON (7News) — The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has released its report on four civilians who died as a result of the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
7News had previously reported that 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt was shot by a U.S. Capitol Police Officer. Her manner of death in the report is listed as a homicide, and the cause is a "gunshot wound to the left anterior shoulder."
The other woman who died that day, 34-year-old Roseanne Boyland, of Kennesaw, Georgia, experienced an accidental drug overdose, the report says. The cause of death is listed as "acute amphetamine intoxication."
The manner of death for both civilian men who died — 50-year-old Benjamin Phillips of Ringtown, Pennsylvania and 55-year-old Kevin Greenson of Athens, Alabama — is listed as "natural," due to "hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease."
The cause and manner of death for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick are still pending, according to the report. Last month, U.S. officials arrested and charged two men with assaulting Sicknick with bear spray during the riot, but they do not know yet whether it caused his death.
