August 3, 2021

Fourth officer who responded to the US Capitol on January 6 dies by suicide

Source: WUSA9

Fourth officer who responded to the US Capitol on January 6 dies by suicide

MPD confirmed Officer Kyle DeFreytag died by suicide, hours after the department confirmed Ofc. Gunther Hashida died by suicide. Both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6.



WASHINGTON -- Four law enforcement officers who responded to the Capitol insurrection have now died by suicide, a sobering toll which doubled on Monday, after Metropolitan Police confirmed two of the department's officers who responded on January 6 recently took their own lives.

Officer Kyle DeFreytag served in the city's 5th District and was at the Capitol to enforce curfew violations, Metropolitan Police confirmed. Chief Robert J. Contee III sent a message to the police force notifying personnel of DeFreytag's death last month.

"I am writing to share tragic news that Officer Kyle DeFreytag of the 5th District was found deceased last evening," Contee wrote in a mid-July message to the department. "This is incredibly hard news for us all, and for those that knew him best."

The confirmation of DeFreytag's death came hours after a spokeswoman for MPD said Officer Gunther Hashida was found dead at his residence last Thursday. Hashida, who joined the department in May 2003, was most recently assigned to the department's Emergency Response Team.



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"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action". ― Ian Fleming

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