[6][7] Green shared extremist viewpoints advanced by the Nation of Islam and other black nationalists prior to committing his attack at the Capitol.
[17][18] The assailant was Noah Ricardo Green, age 25,[6][19] who was born on February 8, 1996, in Fairlea, West Virginia, into a family with ten children.
[19][20] People who knew Green described him as athletic and popular in high school and college,[19][20] but after he graduated from CNU, he became deeply paranoid, leaving family and friends concerned that his mental state was unraveling.
[22] In posts the week before the attack, he wrote that he believed Farrakhan had saved him "after the terrible afflictions I have suffered presumably by the CIA and FBI, government agencies of the United States of America" and claimed that "I have suffered multiple home break-ins, food poisonings, assaults, unauthorized operations in the hospital, [and] mind control.
[19] Two weeks before the attack, Green posted a photo of a "Certificate of Completion" for a $1,085 donation he had made,[6][20] under the name "Noah X,"[24] to the Nation of Islam's Norfolk, Virginia chapter for Saviours' Day, along with a link to a Farrakhan speech called "The Divine Destruction of America".
[27][28] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called Evans a "martyr for democracy"[8] and ordered the flags at the Capitol to be lowered to half-staff in his memory.
[8] President Joe Biden said he and First Lady Jill Biden "were heartbroken to learn of the violent attack"; expressed condolences to Officer Evans' family and other bereaved; and expressed "the nation's gratitude to the Capitol Police, the National Guard Immediate Response Force, and others who quickly responded to this attack".
[12][30][31] He ordered flags lowered to half-staff at the White House and all public buildings, as a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of Capitol Police officers.
[32] Green's family issued a statement, saying they "were just as taken aback as the rest of the nation from this horrific event" and "feel great sympathy" for the police officers attacked.
Green was "not a terrorist by any means", had "depression and potential mental illness", and "hardships with his peers" that began after repeated head trauma from playing football.