Miriam Carey

Miriam Carey, 34, a dental hygienist from Stamford, Connecticut, was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service and Capitol Police officers on October 3, 2013, after a seven-minute car chase that began when she drove into a restricted checkpoint near the White House with her 1-year-old daughter in the car and ended near the U.S. Capitol. Carey, who her family said had been hospitalized for postpartum depression, was unarmed; two officers each fired nine rounds in the final confrontation, striking her five times. Her daughter was found unharmed in the car. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced in July 2014 that it found insufficient evidence to bring federal civil rights or local charges against any officer involved. No one has ever been charged in Carey's death.

Washington, DC

• 2013: Case opens — victim reported missing or found.
• Documented milestones (renewed investigation, media coverage, family advocacy) to be added as sourced.
• Present: case remains unresolved. No named suspect has been convicted.

• The White House checkpoint breach, the seven-minute chase to the Capitol, and the shooting, per the U.S. Attorney's Office's public account based on more than 60 witness interviews and physical evidence.
• Carey was unarmed and not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, per the investigation; her 1-year-old daughter, in the car throughout, was found unharmed.
• Two officers, one from the Secret Service and one from Capitol Police, each fired nine rounds in the final confrontation near the Capitol, striking Carey five times.
• The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced on July 10, 2014 that there was insufficient evidence to prove the officers used excessive force or possessed criminal intent, and declined to bring any charges.
• Carey's sister filed a $75 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Secret Service and Capitol Police, alleging a failure of firearms control among officers on scene.

• Whether officers could have used other, less lethal means to stop Carey's vehicle before resorting to gunfire was raised publicly by observers and the family's attorney but was not addressed as a specific finding in the U.S. Attorney's public account.
• The full internal review of the specific decision-making by the individual officers who fired, beyond the aggregate 18 rounds described publicly, has not been released.
• The extent to which Carey's documented mental health history factored into how officers assessed and responded to the situation in real time was not detailed in the public charging decision.

• U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. — official statement on the Miriam Carey investigation
• The Washington Post — “Officers who shot woman in chase that ended near U.S. Capitol will not be charged”
• NPR — “No Charges For Police Who Killed Woman After D.C. Chase”
• Project Cold Case
• Murder Accountability Project
• NamUs