<p content="The father of a child killed in the Sandy Hook school shootings was found dead in an apparent suicide, according to police.” data-reactid=”31″ type=”text”>The father of a child killed in the Sandy Hook school shootings was found dead in an apparent suicide, according to police. The Newtown Police Department in Connecticut announced the death of Jeremy Richman, 49, the father of Avielle Richman, 6, who died in the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre. Twenty children and six adults were murdered when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot up Sandy Hook Elementary School, then later died by a self-inflicted gunshot.
<p content="“On March 25, 2019, at approximately 7am, Newtown Police with the Newtown Ambulance Service, Newtown Hook & Ladder Fire Dept. were dispatched to the Edmond Town Hall located at 45 Main Street to investigate the report of a suicide,” wrote the department. “Upon arrival police with paramedics found Jeremy Richman, age 49, of Newtown deceased. Police with the State of Connecticut Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the cause of death. The death appears to be a suicide, but police will not disclose the method or any other details of the death, only to state the death does not to appear to be suspicious.”” data-reactid=”33″ type=”text”>The police department posted on their Facebook page with the following: “On March 25, 2019, at approximately 7am, Newtown Police with the Newtown Ambulance Service, Newtown Hook & Ladder Fire Dept. were dispatched to the Edmond Town Hall located at 45 Main Street to investigate the report of a suicide.”
<p content="“On March 25, 2019, at approximately 7am, Newtown Police with the Newtown Ambulance Service, Newtown Hook & Ladder Fire Dept. were dispatched to the Edmond Town Hall located at 45 Main Street to investigate the report of a suicide,” wrote the department. “Upon arrival police with paramedics found Jeremy Richman, age 49, of Newtown deceased. Police with the State of Connecticut Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the cause of death. The death appears to be a suicide, but police will not disclose the method or any other details of the death, only to state the death does not to appear to be suspicious.”” data-reactid=”33″ type=”text”>”Upon arrival police with paramedics found Jeremy Richman, age 49, of Newtown deceased. Police with the State of Connecticut Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating the cause of death. The death appears to be a suicide, but police will not disclose the method or any other details of the death, only to state the death does not to appear to be suspicious.”
<p content="Richman’s body is at the Connecticut State Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy and results may be released on Monday. Police said that Richman, the founder of the Avielle Foundation, worked from an office at the Edmund Town Hall.” data-reactid=”36″ type=”text”>Richman’s body is at the Connecticut State Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy. Police said that Richman, the founder of the Avielle Foundation, worked from an office at the Edmund Town Hall.
<p content="In May, Richman and his family joined others in suing conservative Infowars radio host Alex Jones for defamation, after Jones claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.” data-reactid=”60″ type=”text”>In May, Richman and his family joined others in suing conservative Infowars radio host Alex Jones for defamation, after Jones claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
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