Lawmakers Honor Slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick In Rotunda

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, center, walk past the remains of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick as he lies in honor in the Rotunda of the Capitol on Wednesday.

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A funeral service for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick as he lies in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Sicknick died as a result of injuries he sustained during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Famed evangelist Rev. Billy Graham was the most recent individual to receive the honor, in 2018. Civil rights icon Rosa Parks lay in honor in 2005. Capitol Police Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson, who were shot and killed by a Capitol intruder, were given the honor in 1998.

U.S. Capitol Police released a joint statement last month from the Sicknick family and his longtime partner Sandra Garza, thanking the millions of people who offered support and sympathies. They added that the tribute at the Capitol is an «historic honor on our fallen American hero.

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An honor guard carries an urn with the cremated remains of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick down the steps of the U.S Capitol.

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Some witnesses said Sicknick had been struck with a fire extinguisher.

He died the following day from his injuries.