articleThe Brief Funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt are being offered by the federal government. Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, who was fatally shot by a police officer during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The federal government is offering funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran and the rioter who was killed by a Capitol Police officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Who was Ashli Babbitt? The backstory:Ashli Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from San Diego.