From the Aberdeen Police Department:
On Monday, October 3, 2016 at approximately 12:19 PM, officers from the Aberdeen Police Department responded to the 700 block of Walker Street for a report of a suicidal man armed with a handgun.
Officers arrived quickly; however, the male, 62, had fled the 700 block of Walker Street in his personal vehicle. Officers immediately located the suicidal man traveling on Law Street near Robinson Alley. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The male stopped his vehicle and officers gave numerous commands for the suicidal male to exit the vehicle. The male refused to comply with commands and a brief standoff ensued.
Arriving officers noticed the suicidal male appeared to be bleeding from the head. Officers assumed a tactical position and approached the vehicle. It became immediately apparent that the suicidal male had suffered a head injury. Officers entered the vehicle to render immediate medical attention. Officers removed a handgun from the suicidal male’s person. The suicidal male succumbed to his self inflicted injuries prior to EMS arrival.
Crime scene investigators determined the man sustained a single self-inflicted gunshot wound. The male was transported to the Office of the State Medical Examiner for further examination.
3 days later…
Hey Realist…its free, give them a break. Geez, old retired people have nothing better to do but complain about anything and everything. The way it is when you area a has been.
What’s free and give who a break?!?!?!? Who the hell is old?!?!?!? Besides you…
Why was this story squashed? I live in the area and heard about this when I came home from work from a couple of neighbors. Searched high and low all over the place for it, saw no mention of it on any of the news broadcasts, and have been seriously wondering about the sanity of the folks who told me about it. What gives? It’s not that I want to see bad news about my area, but it just seems odd that no mention of this popped up anywhere.
Exactly!!! No mention of this anywhere!!! I live literally 1 block away and there was no mention to the public. On a day where no kids had school… Glad I have the right to bare arms…
The man who decided to take his life that day was doing something very wrong very sick in the head and knew he was going to be going to jail for a very long time unfortunately I knew the man