[Vision2020] Veteran Commits Suicide on Steps of VA Center

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Army Times at:

http://www.ArmyTimes.com

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Former soldier kills self on steps of VA center

By Dan Sewell - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Apr 16, 2010 14:01:09 EDT

DAYTON, Ohio — An Army veteran wearing military fatigues shot and killed
himself Friday with an assault rifle on the steps of a Veterans Affairs
medical center in Ohio where he had been a patient, authorities said.

Police found a rifle and a satchel near the body, which was on the steps
of the Dayton VA center’s main entrance Friday morning. Bomb squad members
detonated the satchel, but there was no immediate information on what was
in the bag.

The Montgomery County coroner identified the man as 27-year-old Jesse
Huff. He was an Army veteran who had been a patient at the center and was
seen in the center’s emergency room around 1 a.m. Friday, said VA center
spokeswoman Donna Simmons.

Simmons said she could not share any of Huff’s medical information or say
how long he had been a patient at the center. Simmons said no military
information about Huff could be released other than the branch in which he
served, and she also would not release his hometown.

No one else was injured in the shooting, Simmons said.

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An assault rifle lies in front of the Dayton VA Medical Center, located at
4100 W. Third St. Police on the scene said the death is the result of a
suicide. The deceased man, Jesse C. Huff, was 27 years old and had been
seen in the medical center's emergency room prior to his body being found
outside, according Donna Simmons, VA spokeswoman. Photo courtesy Dayton
(Ohio) Daily News


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Pro patria.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the
tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.