FOURTH US Capitol riot cop, 26, commits suicide: DC police reveal officer was found dead at his home last month in statement just hours after disclosing third cop had taken his own life
A fourth law enforcement officer who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed on Monday. Officer Kyle DeFreytag, left, who had been with the department since November 2016, was found dead on July 10. He was 26 years old. Police confirmed DeFreytag had been sent to the Capitol later in the day to enforce curfews in response to the riot. The announcement of his death on Monday came just hours after it was revealed a third had officer taken his own life following the riots. DC Metropolitan Officer Gunther Hashida, 43, right, died on July 29, his family announced. It's unclear how he killed himself and his family have not attributed his death to the riot on January 6. He leaves behind a wife and three children. He'd worked at for the DC Metropolitan Police Department for 18 years. The first officer to take his own life following the riots was U.S. Capitol Police officer Howard Liebengood, inset top, who killed himself three days after the siege. Just over one week later, DC Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, inset bottom, shot himself on his way to work on January 15.
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