Third gun-massacre survivor suicide in one week: Sandy Hook father takes his own life
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There is a deeply troubling trend happening of suicides by those affected by gun massacres. Only days after the suicides of two surviving students of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the father of a first-grader whThird gun-massacre survivor suicide in one week: Sandy Hook father takes his own life
There is a deeply troubling trend happening of suicides by those affected by gun massacres. Only days after the suicides of two surviving students of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the father of a first-grader who was murdered in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012 has taken his own life. From the Middletown Press: The father of a Sandy Hook victim was found dead in Edmond Town Hall at 45 Main St. from an apparent suicide Monday morning. Jeremy Richman, 49, of Newtown ... was the father of Avielle Richman, a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy. These tragedies are spreading, and we must do better when it comes to treating the mental health issues arising from these mass shootings. After the Columbine massacre, just as many survivors died from suicide in the years afterward as died in the shooting itself. This is a national emergency. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 Read more