A northwest Indiana man who was charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was shot and killed by an Indiana sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon.

A suspect is dead after a shooting involving an Indiana sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop Sunday in northwest Indiana, authorities said.

Matthew Huttle, the pardoned Jan. 6 defendant shot by an Indiana deputy during a traffic stop, had a lengthy criminal history.

Indiana State Police is investigating after a 42-year-old man was fatally shot by a northwest Indiana sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon. The incident happened around 4:15 p.m. Jan.

The police said that Matthew W. Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Ind., who was sentenced to six months for his role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021, resisted arrest after he was stopped in Indiana on Sunday.