The widow of a D.C. police officer who died by suicide days after defending the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 has filed a lawsuit in federal court against two suspected rioters she says should be held responsible.

Erin Smith, the wife of late D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, sued both men in D.C. federal court Friday, seeking more than $7 million in damages for wrongful death and assault and battery.

Smith was struck in the face by something akin to a cane or a crowbar during the attack on the Capitol and died by suicide nine days later. The lawsuit alleges the rioters caused him to go on to take his life.

Video captured the melee inside the Capitol where Smith was struck. The lawsuit alleges that one of the defendants had been carrying the weapon and then provided it to the other suspected of swinging it.

“Smith suffered severe and permanent injuries to his head (concussion), and neck; he suffered great pain and mental anguish and mental distress; and he was otherwise damaged,” the lawsuit alleges.