Police release photos of suspect who ‘assaulted’ Capitol officer Daniel Hodges as he was crushed at the door

He “used a transparent police shield to pin MPD agent Daniel Hodges into a traffic jam.”

The DC Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI Washington Field Office are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect who attacked a Capitol Hill cop as he was crushed by a door during the Jan.6 siege.

“During the uprising on the United States Capitol, the suspect assaulted and used a transparent police shield to pin MPD officer Daniel Hodges in a traffic jam,” the statement said, released Friday.

Two photos of the suspect were included in the statement, which the police department also shared on Twitter.

ABC News spoke to Hodges, 32, after video taken during the Capitol attack showed him screaming in pain as he was crushed in a door and beaten by an angry mob of supporters of President Donald Trump. Hodges opposed violent protesters as they attempted to enter the Capitol to prevent the 2020 election from being confirmed.

As Hodges was stuck in the doorway, screaming for help, a protester tried to tear off his gas mask and began to assault him.

“The guy in front of me, that guy, he was he was practically foaming in his mouth. He was screaming and just grabbed my arm, grabbed my filter on my masks, started banging my head against the frame. the door and rip it off as best he could. “Hodges said.” Once he took off my mask, he was also able to rip my right baton off me and started hitting me on the head with it.

He said some of the protesters were “absolutely crazy” and that at one point he thought he was going to die.

“I was like ‘this could be the end’ or ‘I might not be able to come out of this completely intact’,” he said, adding that in the end he is proud that he and his fellow officers ” defended a democracy “.