A third police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has died of suicide.
“Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within the Special Operations Division, was found deceased in his residence on Thursday, July 29,” a Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson told TPM.
Hashida joined the MPD in 2003, the department spokesperson said. CNN first reported the news.
“In his work as an officer with the DC Metropolitan Police Department, he worked to serve and protect the public,” read a GoFundMe page to support Hashida’s family and funeral expenses, reported by Insider. “He was a devoted and loving husband and father.”
Two other officers, MPD Officer Jeffrey Smith and Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, killed themselves in the weeks following the attack.
Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick also died after suffering two strokes the day following the attack, though Washington, D.C.’s medical examiner did not tie Sicknick’s passing to the events the day prior.
Have him lie in State in the Rotunda.
See how many of the republican pieces of shit show up to pay their respects.
Terrible news.
What is it about police that make it nearly impossible for them to ask for help when they need it?
I really wish I knew what was triggering these suicides. This suggests the trauma was even deeper than most of us have imagined. I am just flat out perplexed.
The PTSD these officers are suffering from must be unbearable. More must be done to provide these heroes with the very best of mental healthcare. There really is a special place in hell for the Republicans who are lying about what happened that day, that refuse to acknowledge their heroism, and continue to just make shit up to appease Trump and their hateful base. These people are straight up evil.