The former presidential nominee wrote, "Howie always had a smile on his face, but he also showed great care for the safety of the young staff who worked behind our office doors." Kerry said the officer used to guard the door near his office.
"His family has suffered a devastating loss and asks that they be given space to grieve in private."įormer Senator John Kerry paid homage to Liebengood on Twitter after news broke of his death. "His death is a tragedy that has deprived all of us a dedicated public servant," attorney Barry Pollack said in a statement following Liebengood's death. A family attorney also confirmed the death was by suicide. Though an official cause of death was not announced, his widow said he had been sleep-deprived in the days following the insurrection and killed himself at home after a work shift. Three days after the riot, Liebengood, 51, took his own life. Capitol Police officer Howard Liebengood. The first law enforcement agent who committed suicide following his involvement in protecting the Capitol was U.S. He would have turned 44-yrs-old on Thursday, instead, his funeral is Friday /Rl59uRrhIT- Frida Ghitis August 2, 2021 News of Hashida's death spread on Twitter and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a statement on Monday afternoon before DeFreytag's death was made public.ĭC Metropolitan Police Officer Gunther Hashida, who responded to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, has taken his own life, the third policeman to die by suicide after facing the Jan 6 assault. There was no information provided about how DeFreytag died. A memorial service was held for DeFreytag over the weekend. Later on Monday, a department official also announced MPD Officer Kyle DeFreytag was found dead on July 10. Hashida, 43, was a week away from celebrating his birthday.
The department confirmed Hashida committed suicide on Thursday. The first suicide announced on Monday was that of Officer Gunther Hashida of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). In this photo, rioters clash with police and security forces as they push barricades to storm the U.S. Capitol who have taken their own lives is now four. The total number of law enforcement officers involved with protecting the U.S. Authorities confirmed on Monday that two more police officers present during the January 6 riots have committed suicide.
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