“My sister could have been any person traveling in our
capital,” Valarie Carey told reporters outside her Brooklyn
home on Saturday. “Deadly physical force was not the ultimate
recourse and it didn’t have to be.”
Miriam Carey, a 34-year old dental hygienist from Connecticut,
tried to drive her black Infiniti coupe through a barrier near
the White House, hitting a Secret Service agent who attempted to
wave her away. She then sped toward Capitol
Hill, leading police on a high-speed pursuit that came to an end
when her car got stuck on the median and police shot her.
A Capitol Police officer was also hurt when his car hit a
barricade during the mile and a half mid-afternoon chase, which
lasted just a few minutes.
Law enforcement sources said Carey did discharge a firearm and
there was no indication that she was in possession of a weapon.
“I’m more than certain that there was no need for a gun to be
used [by police] when there was no gunfire coming from the
vehicle,” Valarie Carey said. “I don’t know how their
protocols are in DC, but I do know how they are in New York
City.”
Representatives from the Capitol Police and the District of
Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department could not be reached
for comment early on Saturday.
Kerry, whose one-year-old daughter Erica was with her in the car
during the chase on Thursday, had reportedly been hospitalized
for postpartum depression months after giving birth.
At the news conference in Brooklyn, Carey’s other sister, Amy
Carey-Jones, told reporters of her sister’s emotional struggles.
“I can tell you that she was a law-abiding citizen, carefree
and loving. She had a baby and she did suffer from post-partum
depression with psychosis,” Carey-Jones said, adding that her
sister had received treatment, including medication and therapy.
The visibly shaken sisters held hands during the news conference.
Earlier in the day they had traveled to the Capitol to identify
their sister to authorities with the aid of photographs,
Carey-Jones said.
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