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2 Aug, 21 tweets, 9 min read
1. Gunther Hashida was the 3rd officer who responded to the January 6th insurrection who has died by suicide. If you’re in a position to help his family, Gunther is survived by his wife and 3 children. He was 43 years old.
2. Hashida is a Japanese family name.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashida

Not seeing any media reports that mention this so far. Will check again later.

cc: @aaja @RafuShimpo @NBCAsianAmerica @nichibei @jacl_DCchapter
3. Thread will continue below but I forgot to include that if you're struggling, PLEASE reach out for help. You are not alone & it is possible to get through dark times.

If you’re in the US the # for the Suicide Prevention Lifeline is:

1-800-273-8255

suicidepreventionlifeline.org
4. If you’re in another country, here is a list of suicide crisis lines by country:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s…

If your country isn’t listed search your country name and “suicide hotline” or “crisis hotline” for resources.
5. If you’re doing okay, please take this as a reminder to check in with your loved ones, especially those who are going through hard times or may still be isolated due to the pandemic..

bethe1to.com/bethe1to-steps…
6. Link for Gunther Hashida’s family’s GoFundMe campaign.

gofundme.com/f/fund-for-my-…
7. More on Gunther Paul Hashida.

Officer Hashida joined MPD in 2003. He was assigned to the Emergency Response Team in the Special Operations Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.

cnn.com/2021/08/02/pol…
8. Officer Hashida would have been 44 this Friday.

9. In 2010, Officer Hashida received an award given to Outstanding Officers in MPD’s 7 bureaus who “exhibit standout qualities of leadership, work ethic, and commitment to service.”

mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/…
10. In 2018, Officer Hashida & 7 other MPD officers received an Honorable Mention in the National Association of Police Organization’s Top Cops Awards.

napo.org/top-cops/2018-…
napo.org/top-cops/about…
11. Officers "are nominated by their fellow officers for outstanding service during the preceding calendar year."
12. The two other officers who responded to the 1/6/21 insurrection at the US Capitol and later died by suicide were:

- Officer Howard Liebengood, Capitol Police (3 days later)
- Officer Jeffrey Smith, Metropolitan Police (8 days later)

Ofc. Smith had been injured on the 6th.
13. Officer Liebengood was 51 and Officer Smith was 35.

Archive: archive.ph/q64ve
washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
14. The families of Officers Hashida, Smith, and Liebengood will not receive any death benefits unless their deaths can be classified as line-of-duty deaths, although that may require changing the law.

Archive: archive.ph/OzvpJ
nytimes.com/2021/07/29/us/…
15.
"Unlike in the military, which commonly awards benefits to families of soldiers who take their own lives, police suicides are not considered line-of-duty deaths — in fact, the law generally forbids that designation."
16. This was published in April 2021.

"Law enforcement officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty[5].”

17. The footnote links the Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health and Suicide of First Responders published in April 2018.

18. UPDATE:

Oh no. Gunther Hashida is actually the 4th officer who responded to the 1/6 insurrection who died by suicide.

26-year-old Kyle DeFreytag died on July 10th. This was only made public today after the announcement of Officer Hashida’s death.

19. Officer DeFreytag worked for the Metropolitan Police Department in the 5th District and "was at the Capitol to enforce curfew violations”.

His death was announced to the department last month but the media is only just no reporting on it.
20. In his obituary, Officer DeFreytag's family requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Washington DC Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors.
dc-cops.org/donate/

tributearchive.com/obituaries/218…
21. Or if you feel moved to do so, you can plant a tree in Officer DeFreytag's honor. His family said that he liked hiking and camping.

tree.tributestore.com/memorial-tree?…

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