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January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol attack officer suicides

The January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the subsequent suicides of four law-enforcement officers who responded to the attack.

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How many police officers died by suicide after January 6 2021 and how were those deaths classified?

Four law-enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol later died by suicide: Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers Jeffrey Smith, Gunther Hashida and K...