A Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was “killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being served for eviction.”
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No, this Capitol rioter wasn’t killed after Trump pardoned her; she was never charged (or pardoned)
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A Seattle doctor who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was killed in October 2024, before President Donald Trump retook office and pardoned rioters.
Days after President Donald Trump pardoned people convicted of crimes related to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, one of the rioters was shot and killed during a traffic stop.
But as social media users have discussed his death online, some have also spread misinformation about another person who participated in the Capitol attack.
"Don’t forget the j6 pardon woman killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being served for eviction," a Jan. 29 Threads post said.
Another Threads post said, "Jan 6er pardoned pulls a shotgun on men serving papers and gets killed."
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Tamara Towers Parry, a Seattle doctor whose medical license was suspended after she participated in the Capitol riot, was shot and killed by one of two men delivering paperwork to her Seattle home, The Seattle Times reported.
But this was in October 2024, before Trump won the presidential election or pardoned anyone involved in Jan. 6.
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The Seattle Times reported that Towers Parry was "in the midst of eviction proceedings" and "came out of her house and pointed a shotgun at the two men." One of the men, who was armed with a handgun, opened fire. The fatal shooting came less than two weeks after Towers Parry’s home was foreclosed on, the Times said, citing housing records.
Towers Parry posted video online from the Capitol riot and her involvement led to the loss of her medical license, but she was never criminally charged, KING-TV reported.
We rate claims Towers Parry was killed after Trump pardoned her False.
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Threads post, Jan. 29, 2025
Threads post, Jan. 29, 2025
The Seattle Times, Former doctor who participated in Jan. 6 attack killed in shooting at West Seattle home, Oct. 2, 2024
KING-TV, ‘Tense situation’: Woman armed with shotgun killed while being served paperwork, police say, Oct. 3, 2024
The Daily, UW Medicine graduate under fire for role in Capitol siege, Jan. 20, 2021
The Associated Press, Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot during a traffic stop, Jan. 28, 2025
PolitiFact, Trump pardons people convicted of Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot offenses, Jan. 20, 2025
The White House, Granting pardons and commutation of sentences for certain offenses relating to the events at or near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Jan. 20, 2025
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