On Tuesday evening, President Biden paid tribute to the missing U.S. Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick, who was fatally wounded in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden
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The president and first lady, both with face masks, stood for a few minutes in front of the urn and put their hands on their hearts. Biden made the sign of the cross.
Sicknick was mortally wounded in the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 when a crowd of pro-Trump riots erupted in the building in an effort to challenge the results of the presidential election and the counting of Electoral College votes. The agent was one of five individuals who lost their lives as a result of the violence.
Members of Congress will pay tribute to Sicknick on Wednesday morning, followed by a tribute with the words of the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
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Sicknick is one of five people who have honored the roundabout. These include two Capitol police officers, Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson, who died in the service during 1998.