January 6 rioter shot in face by police sentenced to nearly two years in prison

Matthew Black was the first rioter to breach a barricade, and later rummaged through Ted Cruz's desk as the senator hid in a closet

A Capitol rioter from Alabama who was shot in the face by police but still invaded Congress with a knife on his hip and rummaged through Ted Cruz's desk while the Texas senator hid in a closet, was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly two years in prison.

On 6 January 2021, outside the Capitol in Washington, a police officer shot Joshua Matthew Black in his left cheek with a crowd-control munition. The resulting bloody hole in his face did not stop Black from occupying the Senate with other rioters after lawmakers ran.