A 28-year-old New Jersey man who was next to Ashli Babbitt when she was shot by police during the siege of the US Capitol building has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday.
Thomas Baranyi, a Peace Corps member who appeared in a widely circulated clip showing his bloody hand, was busted Tuesday by FBI agents on charges of disorderly conduct and being in a restricted building, according to court documents.
Baranyi appeared in court later that day and did not dispute that he appeared in the interview, officials said. He was released on $100,000 unsecured bond and barred from entering any government buildings.
In an interview with WUSA 9 outside the Capitol building and referenced in court papers, Baranyi gave his name and home state as he recounted the shooting of Babbitt.
“[W]e had stormed into the chambers inside and there was a young lady who rushed through the windows. A number of police and Secret Service were saying, ‘Get down, get out of the way,'” he recalled, according to the affidavit. “She didn’t heed the call and as we kind of raced up to try to grab people and pull them back, they shot her in the neck, and she fell back on me.”
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