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Jan 27, 2022 · Jeffrey Smith, an officer with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, had died by suicide on Jan. 15, just nine days after the attack on the Capitol. The psychiatrist, hired by a lawyer for Jeffrey’s estate, was examining whether the injuries Jeffrey suffered on Jan. 6 had caused his death.
- Ryan J. Reilly
Aug 18, 2023 · Jeffrey Smith was involved in at least two altercations on Jan. 6, 2021. He had grappled with rioters as police tried to force them out of the building, and later that night, Smith...
- Justice Reporter
- 12 min
Jul 29, 2021 · Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran patrolman, was one of hundreds of Metropolitan Police Department officers deployed on Jan. 6 to defend the Capitol from a violent mob. He was hit in the...
Mar 30, 2022 · Erin Smith, the widow of Jeff Smith, who died by suicide nine days after responding to the Capitol riot, fights for his line-of-duty death designation and recognition. She says the attack changed him and he suffered brain injuries and trauma.
- 7 min
- Michael Kaplan,Scott MacFarlane
Jeffrey L. Smith, a Washington, D.C. police officer, died by suicide in 2021 after responding to the Capitol riot. His death was ruled line of duty and his widow sued the alleged assailants who injured him with a crowbar or a stick.
Aug 10, 2021 · The legal brief filed with the police board states Officer Smith was assaulted by the violent mob and hit in the head with a metal pole January 6; he died nine days later after he shot...
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Mar 10, 2022 · CNN — The widow of Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith has won a months-long fight to have her husband’s death declared in the line of duty, following his suicide days after the January...
