Woman shot and killed at Capitol was security forces airman, QAnon adherent – AirForceTimes.com
The woman who reports say was shot and killed yesterday during a riot that ransacked the Capitol on Wednesday has been identified as an Air Force veteran from California.
The San Diego television station KUSI first reported that the ex-husband of Ashli Babbitt said she was the person who was shot at the Capitol.
The Air Force on Thursday confirmed that Babbitt, who served under the name Ashli Elizabeth McEntee, was a security forces airman who achieved the rank of senior airman, or E-4, while on active duty.
Babbitt, according to published reports, was part of a mob that, after being incited by President Trump’s fraudulent claims of a stolen election, overran barricades and stormed Congress as lawmakers were debating the counting of electoral college votes to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s election.
The Washington Post reported that Babbitt had a Trump flag tied around her waist when she entered the Capitol through a smashed window. The Post said she was shot in the shoulder by a Capitol Police officer and bled onto the building’s marble floor.
The Metropolitan police in Washington DC declined to comment, pending an ongoing investigation. The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to service records released by the Air Force Personnel Center, Babbitt served a total of 12 1/2 years in different parts of the Air Force. She was on active duty from April 2004 to April 2008. She was a reservist from October 2008 to July 2010, and was in the Air National Guard from July 2010 to November 2016.
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AFPC was not immediately available to provide Babbitt’s deployment records. But Babbitt’s awards include the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and other decorations that indicate deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Her ex-husband, Timothy McEntee, told the Post she served there, as well as deploying to Kuwait and Qatar with the Guard.
She last served on active duty at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas as a security forces controller, a job that usually entails manning gate security at Air Force installations. The Air National Guard has not yet responded to a request for information on her post-active duty service.
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A Twitter account under Babbitt’s name included pictures and posts indicating she was a follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Babbitt’s post also indicate she was a strong supporter of Trump, believed the election was stolen from him, and planned to attend the protests Wednesday.
Babbitt retweeted a post from Trump attorney Lin Wood, which has since been removed, calling for Vice President Pence to resign and be charged with treason.
She also responded to a tweet Tuesday from another Trump supporter that implied flights into DC were being improperly cancelled to try to limit attendance on Wednesday.
“Nothing will stop us…they can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours…dark to light!” Babbitt wrote.
She also posted at least three videos in recent years denouncing politicians such as Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, and Duncan Hunter. In two videos posted in November 2018, Babbitt rages at her camera while driving her vehicle about border security and lawmakers’ inability to stop illegal immigration.
Babbitt said in one of those videos that she was originally from Lakeside, California, near San Diego, and Hunter used to be her congressman.
Babbitt tweeted another video in December 2018 about the border and the migrant caravan and wrote “BUILD THE WALL.”
She tweeted photographs of herself wearing a red Make America Great Again hat with hashtags and slogans supporting Trump, as well as slogans and hashtags associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory. One post included a photo of her wearing a QAnon shirt.
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