If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Police have identified the man who crashed his vehicle into a U.S. Capitol barricade before getting out and shooting himself as 29-year-old Richard York III of Delaware. York was a drug addict with an extensive criminal record, including allegedly beating a co-worker at his home in 2020. Police say they have yet to discover what led him to the US Capitol. “Next of kin have been notified of the incident this morning,” the US Capitol Police Department wrote in a statement. “The man has been identified as 29-year-old Richard A. York, 3rd of Delaware. It is still unclear why he chose to drive into the Capitol Complex.” The investigation has been turned over to the DC Metropolitan Police Department. Members of the U.S. Capitol Police, on April 3, 2021, stop to pay their respects at the site of the U.S. Capitol where his colleague, William Evans, was killed in an attack, in Washington, DC. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
York allegedly assaulted the colleague while at his home in Philadelphia. The pair were reportedly together for several hours before York accused the other of trying to contact his mother. He then allegedly beat the other man before ransacking the house and fleeing into the woods. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER FLASHES GUN INSIDE RULE OFFICE BUILDING York was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault, two misdemeanor counts of simple assault and criminal mischief and a summary count of harassment from the incident according to WFMZ. York was also charged with burglarizing a Pennsylvania pharmacy in 2017 and stealing controlled substances. York’s vehicle burst into flames after crashing it into a police roadblock at the Capitol about 4 a.m. Sunday. He then got out of the vehicle and fired a gun at random before turning the gun on himself. The incident reportedly lasted only a few moments, and officers did not have time to return fire before York shot himself. No one was hurt except York. The incident comes more than a year later another vehicle crashed at a Capitol roadblock in 2021, killing one police officer and injuring another. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The attack killed Officer Billy Evans and caused the Capitol Police Department to “shudder,” according to the Capitol Police union.