Department of Justice rules suicide of police officer who defended the Capitol during Jan 6 a line-of-duty death

Department of Justice rules suicide of police officer who defended the Capitol during Jan 6 a line-of-duty death

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Capitol police officer Howard Liebengood, 51, died by suicide days after the Jan. 6 riots. - The DOJ on Monday ruled his suicide is a line-of-duty death, the Washington Post reported. - The designation, the first under a new law, allows death benefits to be paid to his family. In the first…

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