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<p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of the Army Times.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bliss soldier kills himself in police standoff<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Associated Press<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>EL PASO, Texas — A soldier died Monday after shooting
himself in the chest during a standoff with local police.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Spc. Robert Nichols, 24, shot himself Monday night, El Paso
police spokesman Mike Baranyay said. Nichols was taken to William Beaumont Army
Medical Center at Fort Bliss, where he later died.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Baranyay said police went to Nichols’ northeast El
Paso home after getting a call about a suicide in progress. After officers
heard several gunshots from inside the home, Nichols came out and later shot
himself as police looked on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Fort Bliss officials said military authorities have
investigated three other suspected suicides involving soldiers from the post
this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>A statement issued Tuesday by Fort Bliss said Nichols was a
Phoenix native assigned to the Battery A, 2nd Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
Regiment, 112th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air and Missile
Defense Command, out of Fort Bliss.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Pro patria,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Patriotism
is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady
dedication of a lifetime."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-- Adlai E.
Stevenson, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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