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2021 United States Capitol car attack
Car attack on the U.S. Capitol Building / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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![]() The Capitol's Constitution Avenue checkpoint, where the attack occurred (here photographed in July 2009) | |
Location | United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States |
Coordinates | 38.8916°N 77.0083°W / 38.8916; -77.0083 |
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[1] |
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