<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5ff8b46cbde805001980bf24-2400/Michael Nigro:Pacific Press:LightRocket via Getty.jpg" border="0" alt="US Capitol riot" data-mce-source="Michael Nigro/Pacific Press:LightRocket/Getty" data-mce-caption="Riots at the US Capitol Building."></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>A Kentucky man who is accused of breaking a window of the Capitol building moments before Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot during the insurrection earlier this month has been arrested.</p><p>Chad Barrett Jones, 42, of Coxs Creek, Kentucky, was arrested in Louisville on Saturday and <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1355971/download">charged with assault</a> on a federal officer, destruction of government property, obstruction of justice, unlawful entry on restricted building or grounds, and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/kentucky-man-arrested-and-charged-federal-court-actions-us-capitol">the FBI said in a news release.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1355966/download">According to an FBI charging affidavit</a>, Jones broke a window near the House Speaker's Lobby that Babbitt tried to climb through as she was fatally shot.</p><p>The affidavit cites <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/chad-barrett-jones-arrest-ashley-babbitt/2021/01/17/c88eaa38-58e9-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html">video from the Washington Post</a>, alleging that Jones can be seen striking a door to the lobby's glass panels with what appeared to be a wooden flag pole.</p><p>The crowd around the man can be heard shouting "Break it down" and "let's f------ go!" as he struck the glass, the FBI said.</p><p>Seconds after the glass panel was broken, Babbitt, 35, was shot by a police officer as she tried to climb through it to enter the lobby.</p><p>Babbitt and four others died in the Capitol riot, which was carried out by supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the building as Congress debated Electoral College votes from the 2020 election won by President-elect Joe Biden.</p><p>FBI Special Agent Javier Gonzalez said in the affidavit that a witness identified Jones through a tip to the FBI National Threat Operation Center.</p><p>The witness said Jones was a relative who had told him he traveled to Washington DC and had used a flag pole holding a flag supporting Trump to break the Capitol window.</p><p>Another person, who identified himself as a friend of Jones, told the FBI that Jones had called him after seeing himself on the news, and called himself an idiot, according to the affidavit.</p><p>Jones is scheduled to appear in court on January 19.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jenna-ryan-asks-trump-pardon-for-joining-capitol-riot-2021-1" data-read-more-link="" data-e2e-name="read-more-link">A Texas real-estate agent who flew on a private jet to join the Capitol riot has asked Trump for a pardon, saying she was only following his orders</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/national-guard-troops-being-taught-how-to-screen-colleagues-report-2021-1" data-read-more-link="" data-e2e-name="read-more-link">National Guard troops are being taught how to figure out if their colleagues are planning an attack on Biden's inauguration</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/analysis-trump-spending-final-days-of-power-spoiling-biden-takeover-2021-1" data-read-more-link="" data-e2e-name="read-more-link">Isolated and facing an impeachment trial, Trump is dedicating his last days to spoiling Biden's inauguration</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-trump-campaign-staffers-helped-organize-rally-capitol-riot-2021-1" data-read-more-link="" data-e2e-name="read-more-link">Former Trump campaign staffers helped organize the rally that led to the deadly Capitol riot, records show, despite the campaign's repeated claims it wasn't involved</a></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chad-jones-arrested-accused-of-breaking-capitol-window-ashli-babbitt-2021-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/london-streets-left-deserted-during-covid-19-lockdown-2020-3">Inside London during COVID-19 lockdown</a></p>
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