the d.c. metro police department in 2016. we have learned that he died on july 10th. officer gunther hashida joined the department in 2003. he was assigned to the emergency response team with the special operations division. he was found deceased at his home on july 29th. officer michael fanone, honoring officer hashida who he knew well in a statement overnight he wrote, gunther was the most profession mall police officer that i have ever worked with in my entire career. i have always felt that way. for me the take away is that so much more needs to be done to normalize the conversation around mental health, not just in our profession. we need to take away the stigma of talking about these issues. a total at this point of four officers, john, have died by suicide here in the weeks and months since the attack. >> and as fanone mentioned, stigma, remember, just last week, he and three fellow officers gave emotional testimony about their harrowing experience defending the capitol

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