‘ Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol ‘

[Speedy]

One Deplorable who has been arrested had a dozen or so Molotov Cocktails in his car along with the obligatory gun.

[Blankity Blank]

With that large of a number of assailants, many of them with unscreened cases and backpacks, an unknown number possibly concealed carrying, it would seem virtually insane to operate on a premise that none of them are armed.

From there, it becomes a matter of making an educated evaluation of what your limited forces have to do against a much larger number of extremely aggressive opponents, keeping in mind your task is protecting some of the most high value assets in government.

[DeusxMac]

Somewhere (sorry no link) I read an intimation that Pence was down that hallway that Babbitt was breaking into.

That could explain the lethal response to her aggression.

[lost in space]

I too saw somewhere that the door and barricade that Babbitt was climbing through was protecting a safe escape route for the building's occupants. Having worked in security in the military she should have known what the consequences of her actions could be.

[Lux Interior]

Pence was there, so secret service was there.

It's a good thing they have a bit more training that the average cop. Else I think many more would be dead.

And this guy's head would have been liberated from his body:

[davester]

Ca Bob wrote:
Were they in fact armed with firearms?

I don't know if the ones gong through that window had drawn firearms but there have been a number of arrests of rioters who were charged with firearms possession inside the capitol.