(CNN) A DC police officer who responded to the US Capitol insurrection has died by suicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. "Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within the Special Operations Division, was found deceased in his residence on Thursday, July 29," department spokesperson Kristen Metzger told CNN in a statement. Hashida joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2003 and responded to the Capitol on January 6, Metzger said. "We are grieving as a Department and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida's family and friends," Metzger said. This is 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.

Source: CNN August 02, 2021 18:56 UTC