Officers from the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police, who were involved in the fatal shooting of Miriam Carey in October, will not face criminal charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said Thursday.
Prosecutors said that there is “insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights or local charges” against the officers involved in the shooting. Carey’s family reportedly condemned the decision, which they said implied her death was justified. Officers fired at Carey, who rammed her black Infiniti luxury sedan into a barricade near the White House, and led police on a high-speed car chase toward the U.S. Capitol. She was reportedly shot and killed after ignoring repeated warnings to stop.
“After a thorough review of all the evidence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office concluded that the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers who were involved in the shooting used excessive force or possessed the requisite criminal intent at the time of the events,” the statement read.