An Indiana man who was recently pardoned by US President Donald Trump for his participation in the January 6 riots has been shot and killed by a deputy at a traffic stop.
Matthew Huttle was shot by a Jasper County sheriff's deputy on Sunday morning, local time, after allegedly resisting arrest after an altercation took place with an officer, authorities said.
The 42-year-old was in possession of a firearm during the traffic stop, state police said.
Huttle was one of the almost 1,500 people pardoned by Mr Trump as one of his first acts upon his return to the White House.
State police said that the deputy officer tried to arrest the man from Hobart, Indiana, when an altercation "took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect".
The investigation is ongoing, state police say.
No other details were released and authorities didn't say what might have prompted the traffic stop.
In 2023, Huttle was sentenced to six months in custody after pleading guilty to entering a restricted building, the US Capitol.
He had travelled with his uncle, 73-year-old Dale Huttle, to Washington to attend the pro-Trump rally on January 6, 2021.
Hundreds of Trump supporters launched an assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, tearing down barricades, fighting police and sending politicians running for their lives in a failed attempt to stop the certification of Trump's election loss.
Huttle was inside the Capitol for 16 minutes and recorded it on video.
"He is not a true believer in any political cause," defence attorney Andrew Hemmer said in a court filing.
Mr Hemmer said that Huttle went to the rally because he thought "it would be a historic moment" and he had "nothing better to do" after getting out of jail for a driving offence.
His uncle was sentenced to 30 months according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
He was also pardoned.
Nick Barnes, a lawyer who was representing Huttle in pending motor vehicle cases in Lake County, said he didn't know the circumstances of the shooting.
"I plan to find out a lot more about it," Mr Barnes said.
Sheriff Patrick Williamson said his condolences go out to the family of the deceased.
"Any loss of life is traumatic to those that were close to Mr Huttle," he said.
