President Joe Biden made an unannounced trip to the Capitol Rotunda where he and his wife, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, will pay their respects to slain Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, killed during the January 6th domestic terrorist attack at the Capitol.
Sicknick, a veteran of the New Jersey Air National Guard, joined the Capitol Police in 2008.
His cremated remains were brought to the Rotunda with an escort from the Capitol Police and the DC Metropolitan Police. His family and his long-time girlfriend, as well as members of Congressional leadership, joined members of the Capitol Police in honoring Sicknick. He is the third Capitol Police officer to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda; two officers killed on duty during a 1998 shooting at the Capitol were the first.
Tonight, only members of the Capitol Police will be allowed into the Rotunda to pay their respects. Members of Congress, whom Sicknick was protecting when he was killed, will be allowed in tomorrow starting at 7 a.m.
Officers filed in, typically in dress uniform, but with members of Sicknick’s “mountain bike” unit arriving in their Columbia blue uniform jackets. Several federal office buildings were shut tonight so officers could go to the Capitol to pay their respects.