'My time has come to an end at my own hands': Air Force serviceman, 31, shoots himself in the head

[Michie]

...at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in DC after posting suicide note blaming depression and breakup

• Air Force Technical Sgt. Kenneth Omar Santiago, 31, shot himself in the head on steps leading to Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Monday night
• Santiago, from Southeast DC, was airlifted to a hospital, where he died early Tuesday morning
• Metropolitan Police Department is investigating Santiago's death as an apparent suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound
• Just hours before his death, Santiago posted a lengthy suicide note on his Facebook page, blaming his chronic depression and a recent breakup

A U.S. Air Force serviceman struggling with depression and reeling from a breakup has died after shooting himself in the head near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and being airlifted to a hospital on Monday.

The incident took place at around 7:25 p.m. The U.S. Park Police confirmed the shooting, which is now being investigated by the D.C. Metropolitan Police.

The victim, identified by the police as 31-year-old Kenneth Omar Santiago, was found suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on the steps leading to the Reflecting Pool.

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Air Force member fatally shoots himself in the head at the Reflecting Pool near Lincoln Memorial | Daily Mail Online

 

[Michie]

Lord have mercy on our walking wounded.

 

[Anhelyna]

Lord have mercy !

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

Lord have mercy. we expect so much from soldiers but forget them when their service is over.

 

[Michie]

Lord have mercy. we expect so much from soldiers but forget them when their service is over.

Definitely. It’s very sad but that seems to be how it works unfortunately.