Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

Police responded to a minor hit-and-run other crash. A red Mazda had been struck and another other fled, police said. Further investigation of the crash led Trooper J.W. Bennett to a home where he found the Ford Escape reported to have left the crash. Shortly after arriving at the residence at 7:20 p.m. the trooper heard a single gunshot from inside the home. Police found the deceased man inside the home. Virginia State Police do not release the identities of suicide victims, although this policy does not appear to be supported in public records laws.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Name withheld by police, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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