Tag: Suicide
Suspected Murder-Suicide In Annapolis
UPDATE: Statement from the Anne Arundel County Police: This email is to confirm that at 1:00 a.m. officers from our Southern District responded to a report of a shooting in the 300-block of Harry S Truman Parkway in Annapolis. Upon arrival, officers found a male and female with gunshot wounds. Preliminary information indicates that the [...]
Air National Guardsman Killed In 7-Story Fall From Hotel Balcony
On July 5, 2012, at approximately 1:00 am, officers from Northern District responded to Embassy Suites Hotel, located at 1300 Concourse Drive, Linthicum, for a report of an injured male that had fallen from the 7thfloor balcony. The male was identified as a 26 year old active duty member of the Air National Guard that was staying at Embassy Suites after returning to [...]
Suicide Rocks Severna Park High School
UPDATE: The spokesperson from the Anne Arundel County Schools has sent numerous emails (and a comment) asking for a correction that they did indeed respond to our inquiry for a statement. When we updated the story that the schools had indeed responded with a letter on the school’s website, we felt it was redundant to [...]
More Details Released On Brooklyn Park Murder-Suicide
The Anne Arundel County Police have released the following additional information about this morning’s murder-suicide in Brooklyn Park, Maryland. The names of the deceased individuals involved in this incident are as follows: Suspect: Kelly Brian Thompson, 33-years-old, 607 Wood Street, Brooklyn Park, MD Victims: Nina Thompson, Female, 34-years-old, 607 Wood Street, Brooklyn Park, MD Taishawn [...]
Murder-Suicide In Brooklyn Park
<–Please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers and google, by clicking the links to the left. UPDATE 03:49 pm 08/07/2011: From the Anne Arundel County Police: On August 7, 2011 at approximately 8:58 a.m., officers from the Northern District responded to the 600 block of Wood Street in Brooklyn Park. Upon [...]
Learn How To Prevent Suicide
<–Please help spread the word and share this with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left! In the state of Maryland for the year 2010, 562 deaths were attributed to suicide; of that number, 113 deaths were recorded for people under the age of 30. Suicide is ranked as [...]
Suicide Attempt In Pasadena Resolved
On May 10, 2011, at approximately 2:22 a.m., officers from the Eastern District responded to the 8300 block of Hilda Avenue in Pasadena for a report of a suicidal person. Officers initially received information relayed from an adult female that her 53-year-old husband, who was apparently under the influence of alcohol and possibly narcotics, had [...]
UPDATE: Suicide In Kinder Farm Park
Police have confirmed that the incident in Kinder Farm Park last Friday was indeed a suicide. On February 4, 2011, at approximately 11:20 a.m., officers from the Eastern District P.A.C.T. Unit were checking the Kinder Farm Park in Millersville in reference to a suspicious subject in a vehicle. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officers observed [...]
Death By Dumpster
Note: Have you taken our 8 question 2010 Reader’s Survey? Please take three minutes (max) and click here! Thanks! This is one of the more unusual murder/suicide plots in recent memory: On Sunday, August 29, 2010 at approximately 4:40 p.m., members of the Anne Arundel County Police and Fire Departments responded to the area of [...]
Man Jumps To Death From Naval Academy Bridge
UPDATE 7:30PM, May 8, 2010: Our initial report was correct and The Capital was mistaken. From Anne Arundel County Police: Anne Arundel County Police officers responded to the Naval Academy Bridge in Annapolis on May 7, 2010, at approximately 9:44 a.m. for a male subject lying in the water. Annapolis City Fire recovered the body [...]
Fire Department Settles Sexual Harassment Suit
Anne Arundel County To Pay $321,000 To Victims The Baltimore Sun is reporting that the Anne Arundel County Fire Department will pay two men $321,000 as a result of a sexual harassment suit filed against the County and the Odenton Volunteer Fire Department. The settlement, while not admitting any wrong doing, includes $175,000 for the [...]
Suicide Walk Scheduled
Out of the Darkness Community Walk, Sat., Sept., 19, 2009 Volunteers are needed to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention by participating in the Annapolis Out of the Darkness Community Walk on Sat. Sept. 19, 2009. The walk starts and ends at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 31 Rowe Blvd., across from the Navy-Marine Corps [...]
A Stern Warning From Anne Arundel County Schools
Apparently, in the wake of some recent suicides and suicide attempts, the school district sent home a sobering letter with students. In part, it reads: In recent months, the county has seen an increase in the number of suicide-related threats and suicides. It is critically important that all of us are on the lookout for [...]
