Sicknick, who was 42, suffered multiple strokes and died in the hospital on Jan. 7. Twelve years later, Sicknick was a member of the departments First Responder Unit when Trump, in the final days of a presidency that fomented anger and division, held a rally that precipitated the Capitol attack. Several Republican members of Congress have since downplayed the riot, calling rioters patriots, painting themselves as the real victims, and voting against a bill to award congressional medals to officers. He could lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda. Mitch McConnells outstretched hand was left waiting when the late Capitol Police officer was awarded a congressional gold medal Tuesday. Dobe-Call's son is a five-year Capitol Police veteran who helped repel the wave of rioters on the Capitol west front. Justice Department to seek longest sentence in any Jan. 6 case so far, Capitol rioter who crushed officer with shield sentenced, Romance novel model gets 3 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack on police, Ex-Infowars employee who filmed Jan. 6 shooting is sentenced to home detention, Appeals court rejects Trump's motion to block top former aides from testifying. March 7, 2023 / 11:57 AM Garza declined to speak about the criminal cases. Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes after Capitol riot Washington's chief medical examiner has determined that U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes the day after the riot on Jan. 6 after he suffered two . One of the men, Julian Khater, admitted to spraying Sicknick and was sentenced to 80 months in prison in January. "If any good comes out of my son's death, I just hope that it stops all the lunacy that's been going on in this country," his father told Reuters. Former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Mike Fanone, who suffered a heart attack and traumatic brain injury after being violently assaulted Jan. 6, said he was surprised McCarthy made an appearance at the ceremony. Takes away the heroism my brother showed." On Tuesday, he is expected to feature a former Capitol Police lieutenant, Tarik Khalid "TK" Johnson, who was suspended in the wake of the attack after video captured him leading protesters through the crowd while donning a Make America Great Again hat. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Roughly 326 people have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers, including 106 defendants facing charges of using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer, according to the Justice Department.