HARRISBURG – Governor Tom Wolf is ordering all United States and Commonwealth flags to half-staff honoring the victims of Friday’s incident at the U.S. Capitol. The governor says flags should remain at half-staff until sunset Tuesday.
Friday, a car crashed into a barricade at the U.S. Capitol and hit two Capitol police officers, killing one of them and injuring another. The suspect was shot by officers and later died as well.
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) also issued a statement, saying the capitol police officers who were ambushed are ‘heroes.’ See that full statement below:
“The Capitol Police officers who were ambushed today outside the Russell Senate Office Building are heroes. They put themselves in harm’s way and stopped an individual who was attacking the Capitol. I hope all Pennsylvanians will join me this Easter weekend in praying for the officer who was killed, the officer who was injured, and both of their families and colleagues.”
