Authorities had considered for months whether criminal charges were appropriate for the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego.
Jason Ravnsborg, who was promoted to colonel, is facing three misdemeanor charges after he struck and killed a pedestrian on the side of a rural highway last year.
"The more people who get vaccinated as quickly as possible, the level of virus transmission decreases, which gives it less opportunity to continue to mutate," an Army medical official said.