EXCLUSIVE: Cop Who Shot Ashli Babbitt breaks cover: 28-year veteran who Once Left His Loaded Weapon In Capitol Restroom will reveal his identity in interview with NBC's Lester Holt tonight
- DailyMail.com can reveal the Capitol Hill cop who shot Air Force vet Ashli Babbitt, 35, on January 6 is Lieutenant Michael Leroy Byrd, 53
- Byrd, a 28-year police veteran, will reveal he was the shooter in an interview with Lester Holt on NBC News Thursday night
The police officer who fatally shot Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt on January 6 plans to out himself on Thursday evening, more than eight months after the
Capitol Hill riot.
To date no details of either the criminal or the internal police inquiry have been published.
DailyMail.com can reveal the Capitol Hill cop who shot dead Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt on January 6, is 28-year police veteran Lieutenant Michael Byrd (pictured earlier this year)
Babbitt (pictured) a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego, was shot by the police lieutenant when she tried to climb through a door with the glass smashed out as she and others in the mob pressed to get into the Speaker's Lobby outside the House chamber
Michael Byrd is seen in the Capitol during the riots with his gun drawn. Capitol Police have concluded that he acted lawfully and in line with department policy, and will not face any internal discipline
And Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar said on July 6: 'Six months ago today, Ashli Babbitt, a 110-pound woman with nothing in her hands, not a rock, not a stick or a bat, was shot dead by a still unknown Capitol Hill police officer.'
Following Byrd's decision to speak out, DailyMail.com has decided it is time to publish the name of the officer who - unlike virtually all his colleagues nationwide who have made the split-second decision to shoot - has been allowed to hide behind his badge.
Byrd and his wife were spotted by DailyMail.com as they shopped near their home 30 minutes outside of Washington, DC, in February
In April, Officer Nicholas Reardon was named within a day of fatally firing four shots at knife-wielding 16-year-old Ma'khia Bryant
Capitol Hill cop who shot dead MAGA rioter Ashli Babbitt is REVEALED | Daily Mail Online