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Senators vote for police medals
Measure to honor D.C., Capitol forces now headed to Biden
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U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell (from left), Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn and Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges stand together after last week’s House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
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WASHINGTON The Senate has voted to award Medals of Honor to the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for protecting Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Officials confirmed on Monday that another Washington, D.C. police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 riot at the capitol died by suicide. Officer Gunther Hashida, 43, was found dead at his home last Thursday. He is the third police officer who responded to the Capitol attack to die by suicide.
Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Brianna Burch said: “We are grieving as a department as our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida’s family and friends.” Hashida joined the Metropolitan Police Department in May 2003 and was assigned to the emergency response team within the special operations division at the time of his death. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement sending “deepest condolences” to Hashida’s family and loved ones. “Officer Hashida was a hero, who risked his life to save our Capitol, the Congressional community and our very Democracy. All Americans are indebted to him for his great valor and patriotism on Jan. 6 throughout his selfless se
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Group of Donald Trump s loyalists had breached the US Capitol, clashing with police, damaging property, seizing the inauguration stage and occupying the rotunda. (Photo credit: Reuters)
Officer Hashida becomes third cop to suicide after capitol violence ANI | Updated: Aug 03, 2021 05:57 IST
Washington [US] August 3 (ANI): The US Metropolitan Police Department informed that another cop, Officer Gunther Hashida, who responded to the US Capitol insurrection has died by suicide.
Hashida s death has become the third known suicide of an officer who responded to the Capitol during the attack, and it is the second known suicide by a DC officer specifically, CNN reported.
Third police officer who responded to riots at Capitol on Jan. 6 has died
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, in Washington. Federal prosecutors say a retired Air Force officer who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol was arrested Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, in Texas. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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According to several media outlets, a third officer who responded to the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6 has died.
In a statement to CNN and Vice, the DC Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Officer Gunther Hashida s death.