Capitol officer died after multiple strokes

Washington, D.C.'s chief medical examiner on Monday said that 42-year-old U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died of "natural causes" following multiple strokes a day after he was attacked in the January 6th riots at the U.S. capitol.

The findings by the medical examiner will make it hard for prosecutors to bring homicide charges in Sicknick's death.

Sicknick was one of hundreds of Capitol Police officers who battled supporters of former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, when they stormed the building in an attempt to stop Congress from formally certifying President Joe Biden's election victory.

Sicknick was sprayed by rioters with a chemical substance around 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 6, and collapsed later that evening around 10 p.m. He died the following day at a local hospital.

In an interview with the Washington Post, medical examiner Francisco Diaz said the autopsy found no evidence that Sicknick suffered from any sort of allergic reaction to the chemical spray he was exposed to, nor was there any evidence of internal or external injuries.