Days after receiving a pardon from Donald Trump for crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, an Indiana man was shot and killed by police while allegedly resisting arrest.
Matthew Huttle, 42, was fatally shot by a Jasper County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon.
According to The Associated Press, the deputy tried to arrest Huttle when “an altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.”
Police say Huttle was in possession of a firearm during the traffic stop.
No additional details were released about the altercation between Huttle and the deputy or what Huttle was being arrested for.
The deputy involved in the shooting has been placed on leave as state police investigate.
Huttle was among the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 2021 to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
In 2023, Huttle was sentenced to six months in custody and 12 months of supervised release after pleading guilty to entering a restricted building, according to Fox 59. He was released from prison in July 2024.
Huttle avoided facing the full consequences for his crimes after Trump issued a pardon to all the rioters in one of his first acts after returning to the White House.
Last week, Daniel Charles Ball of Florida, another rioter who was pardoned by Trump, was arrested on a federal gun charge.
