Washington (CNN) Two men have been arrested and charged for assaulting US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after responding on January 6 to hundreds of rioters who stormed the Capitol, the Justice Department announced Monday. Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of West Virginia, are alleged to have worked together to spray police, including Sicknick, with a toxic chemical spray during the Capitol riot. Khater called what was in the cannister "bear sh*t," according to court records , but the Justice Department on Monday said the spray is unknown. Investigators determined that initial reports suggesting Sicknick had been struck with a fire extinguisher weren't true. The two men are charged with nine counts, with several of them relating to violence and assaulting officers.

Source: CNN March 15, 2021 15:49 UTC