‘I have murder in my heart and head’: Pivotal Jan. 6 rioter who smashed Capitol window with metal tomahawk ax gets 7 years

In this image from the body-worn camera of a Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer, released by the Justice Department in the Statement of Facts supporting an arrest warrant, Shane Jenkins confronts officers as they enforce a curfew outside the Embassy Suites Hotel, on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Jenkins, a Texas man who attacked the U.S. Capitol with a metal tomahawk and is now the face of a website selling merchandise portraying jailed rioters as "political prisoners," was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, to seven years behind bars. (Justice Department via AP)

In this image from the body-worn camera of a Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer, released by the Justice Department in the Statement of Facts supporting an arrest warrant, Shane Jenkins confronts officers as they enforce a curfew outside the Embassy Suites Hotel, on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Jenkins, a Texas man who attacked the U.S. Capitol with a metal tomahawk and is now the face of a website selling merchandise portraying jailed rioters as “political prisoners,” was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, to seven years behind bars. (Justice Department via AP)

A Texas man who attacked the U.S. Capitol with a metal tomahawk and who prosecutors say profited from his criminal conduct was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Shane Jenkins, 45, was sentenced to 84 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $5,176 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Jenkins was convicted of seven felonies and two misdemeanors, including assaulting law enforcement with a deadly or dangerous weapon, following a jury trial in the District of Columbia in March 2023, prosecutors said.

He traveled from Houston to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021, posting his intent on social media to participate the next day as rioters disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election.