A second police officer in Washington, D.C., who responded to the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6 died by suicide days after the incident, according to a senior law enforcement official.

Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jeffrey Smith killed himself on an unspecified date following the insurrection on Capitol Hill, acting MPD Police Chief Robert Contee told the House Appropriations Committee in a closed briefing Tuesday.

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