Jan 6 rioter pardoned by Trump shot and killed throughout visitors cease in Indiana
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An Indiana man who received a pardon from Donald Trump for his participation in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Sunday, according to police.
Matthew Huttle was killed by a Jasper County sheriff’s deputy “when an altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect,” the Indiana State Police told The Associated Press.
The state police are investigating the shooting.
Huttle, 42, of Hobart, was sentenced to six months in federal prison and a year of supervised released for entering the Capitol for about 10 minutes during the riot then remaining on Capitol grounds for several hours, Fox 59 reports.
He was released from prison in July 2024, according to federal records.
Huttle traveled to the Capitol with his uncle Dale Huttle, who later pleaded guilty to January 6-related offenses, after being accused of attacking a police officer with a flagpole bearing an upside-down American flag.
“We ought to bum rush the Capitol building!” he reportedly told his nephew. “Arrest them all. We’ve got enough people to do that.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.
Source: independent.co.uk
