Family of Woman Who Led Cops on Capitol Car Chase Suing Police

Miriam Carey’s sisters, Valarie, left, and Amy, Right, speak to the media outside a family home in Bedford-Stuyvesent, Brooklyn. (Photo by Michael Graae/Getty Images)

LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — The family of Miriam Carey, the woman who was killed in October after ramming White House barricades with her car and then leading authorities on a high-speed chase to the U.S. Capitol, is suing the Secret Service and the U.S. Capitol Police.

The New York City-based Sanders Firm, P.C. is representing the family, and recently announced that Carey’s sister, Valarie Carey, has filed a wrongful death claim seeking $75 million.

Police say Miriam Carey rammed her car into a White House checkpoint barricade on the afternoon of Oct. 3. She fled the scene to avoid law enforcement, leading officers through the streets of D.C. toward the Capitol.

The Capitol building was placed on lock-down and Capitol Police issued a shelter-in-place order following reports of shots fired near the building.

A Capitol Police officer and a Secret Service agent suffered non-life threatening injuries during the incident.

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