Torturous pain: Jan. 6 rioter who was among the first to fight cops at Capitol unloaded bear spray on officers, feds say
Source: Law & Crime
Jan 13th, 2025, 5:30 pm
A 29-year-old Kentucky man was arrested for allegedly deploying bear spray at Capitol police officers on Jan. 6.
Standing on the northwest stairwell of Capitol steps at 1:54 p.m., Andrew Kyle Grigsby was among the first rioters to engage with cops, feds say. He is facing charges of civil disorder, assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon and inflicting bodily injury, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds using a dangerous weapon, and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a dangerous weapon.
He was arraigned on the charges in Washington, D.C., on Friday. According to the FBI’s statement of facts about Grigsby’s alleged conduct, surveillance cameras showed him on the steps with a group of other rioters. As the mob was trying to break through the police line, Grigsby was seen holding a black canister, later determined to be bear spray, in his right hand. Grigsby allegedly raised the canister and dispersed the spray at cops, causing them to temporarily retreat.
“One of those officers described himself being unable to breathe or see without unbearable, tortuous pain,” a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia reads.
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Andrew Kyle Grigsby, 29, of Louisville
