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AP sources: Feds pinpoint suspect in officer's riot death

by Michael Balsamo
| February 27, 2021 9:12 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators probing the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer killed in the Jan. 6 riot have zeroed in on a suspect seen on video appearing to spray a chemical substance on the officer before he later collapsed and died, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

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