Georgia man arrested for rioting at Capitol commits suicide
The investment manager was found dead in his Georgia home.
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A Georgia man who was arrested for participating in last week’s insurrection has died by suicide, 11Alive reports. According to the outlet, 53-year-old investment manager Christopher Stanton Georgia was found dead in his Alpharetta home with a gunshot wound to his chest.
Georgia’s death is currently under investigation by the Alpharetta Police Department. Officers removed two semi-automatic SKS rifles from his home and described his family members as “extremely distressed” in a police report.
Documents from the Superior Court of D.C. show that Georgia was charged with attempting to “enter certain property, that is, the United States Capitol Grounds, against the will of the United States Capitol Police.”