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Body Found in Front of Alabama Capitol Considered Suicide

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On Friday, April 23, around 2:30 am, Montgomery police located a body in the 600 block of Dexter Avenue. This is located in front of the State Capitol. Police and Fire Medics located an adult male suffering from a self-inflicted life-threatening gunshot wound. He later died at the scene. Police have launched an investigation into the man’s death. This morning’s…

Medical Breakthroughs: Benefits of raising the age to buy guns + Benefits of high plant protein

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Raising the legal age for handgun sales could prevent hundreds of teen suicides in the U.S. That’s according to researchers at Boston University School of Public Health. They found states with a minimum purchase age of 21 were associated with an 18% reduction in adolescent suicides ages 18 to 20. A study in the ‘British Medical Journal’ finds that diets…

Montgomery Sheriff’s Dept: Former Police Officer/Murder Suspect Kills Self on I-65.

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Chadwick Green A police officer in the community of Samson shot and killed himself on I-65 in Montgomery this afternoon. Police had been searching for 45 year old Chadwick Green in connection with the shooting death of a 33 year old woman, Sarah Cooper in Samson. Authorities had been searching for him since the Saturday shooting, Sheriff’s deputies spotted his…

Alabama AG Opens Up About Wife’s Death, Confirms Suicide

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall fought back tears Wednesday at a press conference he called to  openly discuss the death of his wife, this past weekend. Marshall’s wife Bridgette died on Sunday after “a long struggle with mental illness”, according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office. Since then rumors have swirled, especially online as to how she died….

Lawyers: Alabama Inmate Given No Counseling before Suicide

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Attorneys say an Alabama inmate who killed himself after testifying about mental health care in prison received no counseling before taking his own life. The lawyers made the written arguments Thursday as a federal judge considers their lawsuit, which claims that Alabama prisons provide inadequate psychiatric care. Jamie Wallace killed himself just days after testifying in a trial earlier this…