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ARTICLE VIEW:
US Air Force to provide military funeral honors for rioter killed on
January 6
By Haley Britzky, Holmes Lybrand, CNN
Updated:
11:38 PM EDT, Thu August 28, 2025
Source: CNN
The US Air Force will provide military funeral honors for , an Air
Force veteran and pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed on
January 6, 2021 after breaching a sensitive area of the US Capitol,
where members of Congress were evacuating.
A letter shared on social media, from August 15, showed Under Secretary
of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier writing to the family of Babbitt,
telling them that while their initial request for military honors was
denied, “I am persuaded that the previous determination was
incorrect.”
“[A]fter reviewing the circumstances of Ashli’s death, and
considering the information that has come forward since then, I am
persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect,” Lohmeier
said. “Additionally, I would like to invite you and your family to
meet me at the Pentagon to personally offer my condolences.”
A Department of the Air Force spokesperson confirmed the veracity of
the letter.
“After reviewing the circumstances of [Senior Airman] Babbitt’s
death, the Air Force has offered Military Funeral Honors to [Senior
Airman] Babbitt’s family,” the spokesperson said on Thursday. While
the specific details of what will be provided to Babbit’s family are
unclear, military honors typically include a uniformed detail at the
funeral, the playing of Taps, and the folding and presentation of a US
flag.
The honors had been previously denied under the Biden administration.
Babbitt was shot by a Capitol Police officer while she was attempting
to climb through a broken window inside the Capitol leading to the
Speaker’s Lobby. The officer involved was cleared of any criminal
wrongdoing related to the shooting.
In May, the Trump administration nearly $5 million to Babbit’s family
in a wrongful death settlement.
Babbitt spent four years on active duty from 2004 to 2008 and then
served in the Air Force Reserves from 2008 to 2010, and the Air
National Guard from 2010 to 2016. She deployed to Afghanistan in 2005,
Iraq in 2006, and the United Arab Emirates in 2012 and 2014. She was a
member of the 113th Security Forces Squadron, 113th Wing, DC Air
National Guard. The 113thWing is charged with defending the National
Capitol Region and is nicknamed the “Capital Guardians.”
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