Monday 15 August 2022 12:49 AM 29-year-old man from Delaware ID'd as man who crashed car into Capitol and ... trends now
A lifelong criminal is dead after he drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. and then began firing gunshots in the air as he emerged from the burning car before fatally shooting himself.
The man has been named by the United States Capitol Police as 29-year-old Richard A. York III with an address in Delaware.
York has a criminal record mainly in Pennsylvania going back as far as 2012.
The statement identifying York said: 'It is still not clear why he chose to drive to the Capitol Complex.'
His actions are being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington. DailyMail.com has reached out to the DC police for comment.
Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger told the media in a press conference that officers who approached York following the crash did not hear him say anything.
Manger also said that investigators are searching York's background in an attempt to figure out a motive.
Richard A. York pictured on his Facebook page back in 2017. The suspect has a lengthy criminal record going back to 2012
Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said that investigators believe that York set his own car on fire prior to taking his own life
The chief also said that investigators believe that Manger may have started the fire that ignited his car.
Manger said: 'The subject has a criminal history over the past 10 years or so, but nothing that, at this point, would link him to anything here at the Capitol.'
In February 2017, York was charged with burglarizing a pharmacy in Hellerton, Pennsylvania. He was accused of stealing several controlled substances in the crime.
York was charged with burglary (first-degree felony), criminal trespassing (second-degree felony), theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia
In January 2020, York viciously assaulted a co-worker while the two were in the victim's home in Pennsylvania.
York accused his colleague of contacting the suspect's mother and proceeded to beat him, split his TV in half and force him to run from his own home in shorts and a t-shirt in 39 degree weather, reported WFMZ at the time.
His legs were blue and his face showed extensive swelling following the attack.
The station's report says that after the victim fled the home, York proceeded to vandalize the home further. The pair had been working together on roofing projects in Philadelphia at the time.
He was charged with aggravated assault, single misdemeanor counts of simple assault and criminal
