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Suicide at VA Hospital Fayetteville NC

by jimstaro

Thu Apr 05, 2007 at 06:06:14 AM EST

I sent the first report to Ilona and the Timeline.

Have checked for an update about wether this was a Veteran but so far the Fayetteville Observer has only the first report, nothing more.

Have a few E's out about finding more information.

Below is the first report, than another, with pic, from a local News Station:

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Man shoots himself in front of VA center

A staff report
A man shot himself in front of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Ramsey Street on Tuesday.
The identity and condition of the man had not been released at press time.
The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. near the flag pole in front of the main entrance, said Norman Byrd, a hospital spokeswoman.
The center remained open, Byrd said, but Fayetteville police and hospital workers blocked the front entrance with barricades.
Drivers were told to use side entrances, Byrd said. Police cordoned off the area around the flagpole.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating, Byrd said, because the medical center is a federal facility.

Man Shoots Himself Outside Veterans Hospital

Posted: Apr. 3, 2007
Fayetteville -- A man committed suicide Tuesday in front of the hospital operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, authorities said.
The unidentified man drove onto the VA Medical Center grounds and parked near the flagpole in front of the building, a hospital spokeswoman said. He then got out of his pickup truck and shot himself, she said.
The spokeswoman declined to say whether the man had been a patient at the hospital or if he was seeking treatment there.
Fayetteville police and the FBI were investigating the incident.