The FBI agents sailed through the security screening area and turned right down the adjacent hallway. Moments later, Camera 0176 showed, an FBI medic helped Capitol Police carry Ms. Babbitt and lay her on the floor near the magnetometer. She was carried head down with her feet elevated as her upper chest wound began to bleed profusely.
At 2:55:40 p.m., Engine 6 from the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department rumbled through the South Barricade, followed a minute later by Rescue Unit 10. Sgt. Paramedic Tim Bennett hustled through the barricade on foot just ahead of the ambulance, CCTV video showed.
At 2:58:37 p.m., paramedics with a gurney rushed through the South Door Vestibule, security Camera 0181 showed. Ms. Babbitt was moved from the floor to the gurney at 2:59:33 p.m., while a paramedic performed CPR.
The gurney was maneuvered around the magnetometer and out the South Door. Video shows the entryway was not fully taped off as a crime scene until 3:58 p.m., allowing police officers and protesters to walk through the blood trail on the floor left as Ms. Babbitt was wheeled out.
FB|… so helpful.
An immediate effect of the fatal shooting was a swarming police presence in and around the Capitol, security video showed. Mr. Byrd made a radio report after he shot Ms. Babbitt at 2:44 p.m., claiming that he was under fire and was preparing to return fire. That was never true.
Mr. Babbitt’s lawsuit alleges that the false radio report, which was never corrected or retracted, created a dangerous situation in the Capitol since responding officers had no idea if there were armed rioters loose. In truth, Mr. Byrd’s shot was the only gun fired and no officers were confronted with guns or gunfire.
Security video showed the anxiety and fear on the faces of police officers who moved through the Capitol with weapons drawn.