The adviser began walking toward the Rotunda and came face to face with a U.S. Capitol Police officer sprinting in the opposite direction. ADThe deaths of five people, including a Capitol police officer, were linked to the riot. And when masses of Trump supporters began pushing against the limited barricades around the Capitol, the agency’s officers were rapidly overrun. The crowd grew 10 deep, then 20 deep as the soon-to-be rioters spilled in along all sides of the Capitol. Waters placed an urgent call to Sund, who was at Capitol police headquarters two blocks away, two law enforcement officials said.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2021 02:42 UTC