Shane Jason Woods, 44, moved to Washington from Auburn, Ill., where he owns Auburn Heating and Air. Court records show it was captured on video and photos on multiple occasions, on both the west and east sides of the Capitol, over several hours. He was arrested on a federal complaint in June 2021 and charged with eight felony counts of disorderly conduct last March. Woods is one of the approx 11 rioters have been accused of attacking members of the news media or destroying their equipment. Journalists and photographers in an area behind bike racks were overwhelmed by rioters at one point, leaving valuable equipment behind which was then destroyed. FBI makes slew of arrests for attacks on reporters during Capitol riot Some of the cases do not specifically mention attacks on journalists, and there is no federal law specifically against attacking a journalist. Thus, the Department of Justice has charged those who chased reporters or their equipment on January 6 with committing violence in the restricted areas of the Capitol or destroying property in the Capitol. According to an FBI affidavit, Woods was first captured on video on the west side of the Capitol around 2:10 p.m. Several officers were trying to arrest a rioter when someone sprayed officers with bear spray, the FBI said. A U.S. Capitol Police officer, described as “Officer A,” told agents that as she ran toward the person with the bear spray, Woods tripped her and pushed her to the ground, causing her to crash into a downed barricade bicycle. The officer felt immediate pain and the next day felt like she had been “hit by a truck,” according to the statement of facts filed Friday. The affidavit said the officer lost her helmet and was surrounded by other rioters until another officer came to her aid. Woods’ whereabouts for the next three hours were not specified, but at 5 p.m., the FBI affidavit shows him in the mostly deserted media area on the northeast corner of the Capitol, “standing with protesters shouting and members of the media spit. ”, and then throwing away some of the abandoned equipment. A news photographer identified as “GP” was trying to flee the area to protect himself and his camera, according to the reports. Woods took off running and hit GP “with a blindside shoulder tackle, knocking GP to the ground and causing him to drop his camera.” The extent of the photographer’s injuries was not known. The U.S. District Attorney’s office said Thursday that 870 people were arrested for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and 269 of them are charged with assaulting law enforcement. About 140 officers, 80 from the Capitol Police and 60 from the D.C. Police, were attacked that day, prosecutors said. Twenty-eight people have pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement and 14 have been convicted so far. The average sentence given for assaulting law enforcement was 47 months, according to a Washington Post database.
