An Indiana man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump over a Jan. 6-related misdemeanor was shot dead by a deputy on Monday.
Matthew Huttle, 42, was killed by a deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department who conducted a traffic stop near the Pulaski County line.
“During the traffic stop, the officer attempted to arrest the suspect when the suspect resisted,” the Indiana State Police said in a news release.
An altercation allegedly broke out between Huttle and the officer, “which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.” State police said the suspect was armed.
State police and the Jasper County Prosecutor’s Office are probing the incident. Sheriff Patrick Williamson said the officer involved was placed on paid administrative leave.
Huttle’s family has also been notified. “Our condolences go out to the family of the deceased as any loss of life is traumatic to those that were close to Mr. Huttle,” Williamson said.
Huttle pleaded guilty to entering restricted grounds in 2023, but prosecutors sought a jail sentence because he appeared “at the forefront of violence when rioters overwhelmed and overran the police line on the West Front” of the Capitol,” according to The Washington Post.
The defendant got six months in jail and was released July last year. He was among 1,500 rioters pardoned by Trump last week.
