The Trump administration has agreed to a $5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ashli Babbitt's family, stemming from her fatal shooting during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Babbitt, an unarmed Air Force veteran, was shot by a Capitol Police officer as she attempted to breach a barricaded area. The settlement resolves a federal lawsuit seeking $30 million, which claimed negligence and lack of warning from the officer. The shooting was previously deemed justifiable by authorities, citing self-defense.
The settlement will resolve the $30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt's estate filed last year in Washington, D.C.
The lawsuit alleges that the plainclothes officer failed to de-escalate the situation and did not give her any warnings or commands before opening fire.
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