Details About Miriam Carey, Woman Killed in Capitol Shooting
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STAMFORD — A Stamford woman was shot and killed after trying to ram her car into a White House security barrier and leading police on a high-speed chase past the Capitol with her 18-month-old daughter in tow.
Miriam Carey, 34, of [address redacted], drove her black Infiniti coupe onto a driveway leading to the White House, and over a set of lowered barricades. When Carey couldn’t get through a second barrier, she spun the car in the opposite direction, flipping a Secret Service officer over the hood of the car as she sped away, said B.J. Campbell, a tourist from Portland, Ore.
A representative of Carey’s family in Brooklyn, N.Y., said the family is still gathering information and was surprised by Thursday’s incident. The family is expected to issue a statement later Thursday night, said Dennis Jones, a friend of the family.
Carey was a licensed dental hygienist and according to a local law enforcement official, she suffered from mental illness, but had no criminal record.
Carey’s car at one point had been surrounded by police cars and she managed to escape, careening around a traffic circle and past the north side of the Capitol. Video shot by a TV cameraman showed police pointing firearms at her car before she rammed a Secret Service vehicle and continued driving. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said police shot and killed her just outside the Hart Senate Office Building, a block northeast of the Capitol.
One Secret Service member and a 23-year veteran of the Capitol Police were injured. Officials said they were in good condition and expected to recover.
“This appears to be an isolated, singular matter, with, at this point, no nexus to terrorism,” said Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine.
Dine said an officer took the child from the car to a hospital. She is in good condition and under protective custody, officials said.
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We don’t have all the details yet, but as facts are emerging it seems as though this could be a tragic accident, that she made a wrong turn and then had a panic attack.
The average salary for a dental hygienist in CT is about $74,000, but she drove an Infiniti and a BMW. There are a lot of unanswered questions here which we may learn the answers to in the next days or weeks, or the mystery may just generate more questions.