A four-year campaign to clear Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, shot dead by a U.S. Capitol Police officer as she attempted to access the House floor on Jan. 6, 2021, has ended successfully with the Defense Department agreeing to grant her full military funeral honors.

In a letter to Babbitt’s mother and husband, Undersecretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier wrote, “On behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, I write to extend the offer for Military Funeral Honors for SrA Ashli Babbitt. I understand that the family’s initial request was denied by Air Force leadership in a letter dated February 9, 2021. However, after reviewing the circumstances of Ashli’s death, and considering the information that has come forward since then, I am persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect.”