If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)]A second police officer who responded to the U.S. Capitol riot has died by suicide, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Robert J. Contee told Congress Tuesday. Contee identified Jeffery Smith, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), as the second member of law enforcement to take his own life after responding to the Capitol riot. Contee also named Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, who died by suicide on Jan. 9. That bravery was matched that day by countless other unheralded MPD officers." "I was stunned at the tepid response from Department of the Army, which was reluctant to send the D.C. National Guard to the Capitol," Contee told members of Congress on Tuesday.

Source: Fox News January 27, 2021 17:48 UTC