Police Photo Shows Knife Of Suspect Who Rammed Capitol Officers

WASHINGTON, DC — The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department released a photo of the knife allegedly used by the man who rammed his car into a barricade at the U.S. Capitol last Friday, killing a U.S. Capitol Police officer and injuring another.

Detectives from the MPD, together with the Capitol Police and the FBI, are investigating the incident, which occurred just after 1 p.m. on April 2 at the intersection of Constitution and Delaware avenues adjacent to the Capitol.

The suspect, identified as Noah Green, “intentionally struck two on duty United States Capitol Police Officers with his vehicle” and then “rammed the vehicle into the blocking barricade,” the MPD said Monday in a news release.

Green then exited the car “armed with a large knife and charged toward another United States Capitol Police Officer,” the MPD said. “The officer discharged their service weapon striking the suspect.”

The suspect’s knife was recovered at the scene.

Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans, who was killed in the attack, will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on April 13, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday.

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The other Capitol Police officer, Ken Shaver, was released from a D.C. hospital on Saturday. The extent of his injuries are unknown.

The incident on Friday came nearly three months after supporters of President Donald Trump overran the Capitol in a deadly attack on Jan. 6. The riot resulted in the deaths of five people, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. Two Capitol Police officers also died by suicide after the attack, and dozens of officers were injured.

Green, 25, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. Investigators believe it was an isolated incident from a disturbed young man.

Video of the Friday afternoon attack shows the driver emerging from the crashed car with a knife in his hand and starting to run at the pair of officers, Capitol Police acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters.

In online posts since removed, Green described being under government thought control and said he was being watched. He described himself as a follower of the Nation of Islam and its founder, Louis Farrakhan, and spoke of going through a difficult time when he leaned on his faith.

Green played football in the fall seasons of 2017 and 2018 while he studied finance at Christopher Newport University in Newport News.

Green's family gave a statement to The Washington Post expressing condolences for the family of Officer Evans and speculating that Green’s struggles may have been related to head injuries sustained playing football.