COLLIDE intersect in Capitol tragedy
of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and he signed off on some posts as “Brother X.”
He was born in Fairlea, W.Va., and left behind seven sisters and two brothers.
College football teammate Andre Toran, a features writer with the Louisville Courier-Journal, recalled him as a quiet guy and a solid teammate before Green’s behavior became increasingly odd.
“To be honest these past few years have been tough, and these past few months have been tougher,” Green wrote in one social media post captured by the online tracking group SITE. “I have been tried with some of the biggest, unimaginable tests in my life. I am currently now unemployed after I left my job partly due to afflictions, but ultimately, in search of a spiritual journey.”
Another report cited a
December name change petition filed with an Indiana court, with the slain man seeking to change his name from Noah Ricardo Green to Noah Zaeem Muhammad.
Evans, survived by his mom, Janice, and kids Logan and Abigail, served with the Capitol Police for nearly two decades. He was assigned to the department’s first responders unit.
The native of North Adams, Mass., graduated from Western New England University in 2002 before moving to Virginia and landed his Capitol police job on March 7, 2003.
“He was held in high regard by the force and Capitol staff,” said Terrance Gainer, the Capitol Police chief when Evans was hired. “The officers are crushed, their resilience stretched.”
The deaths reignited the debate over building security. Green drove through a gate opened to to allow traffic in and out of the Capitol before slamming into a barrier erected long before the Jan. 6 insurrection that followed a rally where President Trump amped up the crowd with his bogus claims of election fraud.
Just last month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested it was time to dismantle the extra fencing. “I think we’ve overdone it,” he said. “It looks terrible to have the beacon of our democracy surrounded by razor wire and National Guard troops.”
The death of Evans in Friday’s assault put security concerns about the Capitol in a different light.
“This may just cause everybody to pump the brakes a bit on taking the fence down entirely because of the sense of security that it provides us,” said Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.)