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ABC News reports:
In a closed-door session Tuesday with the House Appropriations Committee, acting D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert J. Contee said a third officer who responded to the U.S. Capitol’s riot has died.
According to testimony, Contee said D.C. Metro Police Officer Jeffery Smith and Howard Liebengood, a U.S. Capitol Police Officer, both “took their own lives in the aftermath of that battle.”
“We honor the service and sacrifices of Officers Brian Sicknick, Howard Liebengood, and Jeffery Smith, and offer condolences to all the grieving families,” Contee said during the testimony.
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Deeply saddened to learn another officer who responded to the U.S. Capitol on 1/6 took his own life. MPD Officer Gunther Hashida should be remembered for his heroism that day, and every other day he served in uniform. @CNN more detail to come.
— Whitney Wild (@WhitneyWReports) August 2, 2021
?BREAKING: a third police officer who responded to the Trump-incited domestic terror attack on the Capitol on January 6th — Officer Gunther Hashida — has died by suicide.
This comes as Republicans try to dismiss the terrible trauma experienced by Capitol attack survivors.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) August 2, 2021
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) August 2, 2021