---
title: "Officer Billy Evans was attacked"
claim_id: "iXW1yRRSGY7NNEzneF1m"
validity: 100
model: accounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k2p5
---

# Claim: Officer Billy Evans was attacked

Verdict: 100%
Model: Kimi K2.5
Checked on: 05/04/2026

## Verdict explanation

**TRUE**

This claim is accurate. Multiple authoritative sources confirm that Officer Billy Evans was attacked and killed:

- **Officer William "Billy" Evans, a U.S. Capitol Police officer with 18 years of service, was killed in an attack on April 2, 2021**[^4][^2][^3]
- A suspect intentionally rammed a vehicle into Officer Evans and another officer at the North Barricade of the U.S. Capitol[^2][^4][^5]
- The driver then exited the car after crashing into a barricade and attempted to attack other officers with a knife before being shot and killed at the scene[^5][^4]
- Officer Evans was transported to a hospital but died from his injuries[^3][^4]
- The second officer involved was hospitalized but survived with non-life-threatening injuries[^2]
- The attack was confirmed by the U.S. Capitol Police Department in an official press release[^1][^3]

**Overall validity**: 100%

[^4]:
    [Police Officer William Francis Evans](https://www.odmp.org/officer/25223-police-officer-william-evans)

[^2]:
    [Slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Was An 18-Year Department ... - NPR](https://www.npr.org/2021/04/03/984107280/slain-u-s-capitol-police-officer-was-an-18-year-department-veteran-father-of-2)

[^3]:
    [Loss of USCP Officer William F. Evans | United States Capitol Police](http://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-officer-william-f-evans)

[^5]:
    [Officer killed in attack on U.S. Capitol grew up in Massachusetts](https://www.wcvb.com/article/capitol-police-officer-evans-killed-in-friday-attack-on-us-capitol-grew-up-in-berkshire-county/36018118)

[^1]:
    [Loss of USCP Officer William F. Evans | United States Capitol Police](https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/loss-uscp-colleague-officer-william-f-evans)

## Sources using this claim (1)

- [A US Capitol Police officer was attacked and murdered by a Nation of Islam member Is there a plaque …](/source/x:JackPosobiec:2030487492449706187) — Unknown — 12 views