One of the U.S. Capitol Police officers who died by suicide in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach has been determined to have died in the line of duty, according to his family and officials.
Howard Liebengood killed himself on Jan. 9, several days after joining the response to the breach, according to the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP).
Family members of Liebengood, 51, asked the Department of Justice to classify the death as in the line of duty, and the department agreed, relatives said in a Nov. 21 statement released through the Fraternal Order of Police, a police union….