More sad news regarding the death by suicide of someone related to a mass school shooting.
The father of one of the Sandy Hook shooting victims killed himself very recently.
Newtown Police found the body of 49-year-old Jeremy Richman near his office in Newtown, Connecticut, the town where the shooting took place.
"This is a heartbreaking event for the Richman family and the Newtown Community as a whole; the police department's prayers are with the Richman family right now, and we ask that the family be given privacy in this most difficult time," said Lt. Aaron Bahamonde.
Richman had obviously struggled with the sudden, shocking loss of his first child in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings. Yet, he did not merely stand idly by, but took a very active role in trying to make sure future tragedies like that would not happen again. As Tovia Smith of NPR reports:
Just months after the death of Avielle, then their only child, Richman and his wife, Jennifer Hensel, co-founded the Avielle Foundation to support neuroscience research to shed light on "what leads someone to engage in harmful behavior" with the hope of "bridging biochemical and behavioral sciences," according to the foundation. Richman's dream was "a paradigm shift in the way society views the health of the brain." As he explained to NPR in 2017, he wanted people to see the brain as "just another organ that can be healthy or unhealthy, just like heart disease, or cancer or diabetes."
"Just like resources were poured into landing a man on the moon and exploring outer space," Richman said, "we need to invest in exploring our inner space."
RIP, Jeremy Richman.
Special thanks to my brother for pointing out this article, which I used in writing this particular blog entry, including all quotes:
Father Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Dies By Apparent Suicide by Tovia Smith, March 25, 2019:
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