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The death of a police officer who was assaulted during the January 6 Capitol insurrection and died by suicide days later has been ruled a line-of-duty death by the DC Police and Firefighters’ Retirement Relief Board.

Erin Smith, the widow of Jeffrey Smith, petitioned for her husband’s death to be considered line-of-duty, which would allow her to receive full benefits offered to the family of those who die in the line of duty, including health insurance.

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