 "Matthew Huttle, as seen outside the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. AP")
Matthew Huttle, a January 6 rioter who was pardoned by President Trump just nine days ago, was reportedly shot and killed by cops.
Huttle, 42, a resident of Hobart, Indiana, died after he was pulled over in the state for a traffic stop on Sunday (January 26) afternoon.
Shot after an ‘altercation’
A Jasper County sheriff’s deputy had pulled Huttle over and also fatally shot him. State police, who are currently investigating the case, said that the deputy had tried to arrest Huttle.
During this time, “an altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.
“The investigation also shows that during the traffic stop, the suspect was in possession of a firearm,” state police said. However, they did not provide any other information about the incident, including the reason why Huttle was initially stopped.
The deputy, whose identity is not known, was out in administrative leave.
Huttle’s time in jail and the pardon
Huttle had been a part of the group of rioters who stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory.
He recorded the 16 minutes he spent inside the Capitol building on that day and uploaded it on his own Google account.
Huttle pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of entering a restricted building, and was handed a six-month jail sentence in 2023.
“He is not a true believer in any political cause,” defense attorney Andrew Hemmer said in a court filing. “He instead went to the rally because he thought it would be a historic moment and he had nothing better to do after getting out of jail” for a driving offense.
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US President Donald Trump, on his first day back in the White House, had granted pardons to more than 1,500 of his supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a bid to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
A total of 1,583 people were charged in connection with the assault on Congress.
With inputs from agencies