Name withheld by police

How they died

Suicide

Pennsylvania State Police responded to a domestic disturbance involving gunfire. A woman told them her husband at hit her with a sledge hammer and then shot himself. Police set up a perimeter, and when they went in, they found the dead man. It was not immediately clear if the person committed suicide when police were present. If they were not present, this incident will be removed from the dataset.

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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