2021 United States Capitol car attack

2021 United States Capitol attack
2021 United States Capitol attack
	The Capitol's Constitution Avenue checkpoint, where the attack occurred (here photographed in July 2009)
	North barricade
Location	United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates	38°53′30″N 77°00′30″W / 38.8916°N 77.0083°W
Date	April 2, 2021 ; 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Attack type	Vehicle-ramming attack
Weapons	Nissan Altima (North American sixth generation)
Deaths	2 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Noah Ricardo Green

On April 2, 2021, Noah Green, a 25-year-old black nationalist, killed Capitol Police officer William Evans and wounded a second officer after he deliberately rammed his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.^[2]^[3]^[4] As a result of the attack, the Capitol complex was locked down.^[5] Green was shot and later died at a hospital from the gunshot wounds.^[6]^[7] Green shared extremist viewpoints advanced by the Nation of Islam and other black nationalists prior to committing his attack at the Capitol.^[7]

^ Segers, Grace (April 2, 2021). "1 officer killed, 1 injured in car ramming attack at street barricade outside U.S. Capitol". CBS News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^ Date, Jack; Ordonez, Victor; Stoddart, Michelle (April 2, 2021). "Suspect identified in killing of officer at US Capitol barricade: Sources". ABC News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^ Balsamo, Michael; Merchant, Nomaan; Long, Colleen (April 2, 2021). "Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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^ Cochrane, Emily; Fandos, Nicholas; Goldman, Adam; Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Thrush, Glenn; Astor, Maggie (April 2, 2021). "Vehicle Attack at U.S. Capitol kills 1 officer and injures another. Suspect is killed by police". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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^ ^a ^b Gregorian, Dareh; Caldwell, Leigh Ann; Dienst, Jonathan (April 2, 2021). "U.S. Capitol Police officer dies after attacker rammed car into checkpoint; suspect also dead". NBC News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[CBS.Rams-1] Segers, Grace (April 2, 2021). "1 officer killed, 1 injured in car ramming attack at street barricade outside U.S. Capitol". CBS News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[:1-2] Date, Jack; Ordonez, Victor; Stoddart, Michelle (April 2, 2021). "Suspect identified in killing of officer at US Capitol barricade: Sources". ABC News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[AP.Rams-3] Balsamo, Michael; Merchant, Nomaan; Long, Colleen (April 2, 2021). "Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

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[5] Cochrane, Emily; Fandos, Nicholas; Goldman, Adam; Kanno-Youngs, Zolan; Thrush, Glenn; Astor, Maggie (April 2, 2021). "Vehicle Attack at U.S. Capitol kills 1 officer and injures another. Suspect is killed by police". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

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[NBC.Rammed-7] Gregorian, Dareh; Caldwell, Leigh Ann; Dienst, Jonathan (April 2, 2021). "U.S. Capitol Police officer dies after attacker rammed car into checkpoint; suspect also dead". NBC News. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

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