Fourth officer who responded to US Capitol attack dies by suicide

Kyle DeFreytag, who was deployed to protect Capitol after police cleared building of rioters, died earlier in July

A fourth police officer who defended the US Capitol during the 6 January insurrection by extremist supporters of Donald Trump is now confirmed to have taken his own life.

Washington DC's Metropolitan police department (MPD) confirmed late Monday that another of their officers, Kyle DeFreytag, died by suicide earlier in July, just hours after declaring that MPD officer Gunther Hashida killed himself on 29 July.