Vietnam veteran committed suicide in a VA medical parking lot

UPDATE

Police Digest: Identity of man who killed himself near Providence hospital revealed
01:00 AM EST on Saturday, December 18, 2010
PROVIDENCE

Police identify man who killed himself near VA hospital

The police have identified the man who committed suicide outside the Providence VA Medical Center Wednesday afternoon as David Petrucci, 63, of Cumberland.

Petrucci, a Vietnam veteran, was being treated at the medical center but did not have an appointment on Wednesday, according to a medical center spokesman. The spokesman would not say what he was being treated for.

Witnesses told the police they heard a gunshot and found a man lying near a car in the parking lot, bleeding from his head. A handgun was lying nearby.

Vietnam veterans’ groups contacted by The Journal said they were looking into the suicide but could not immediately identify Petrucci as a member of a veterans’ group.
Identity of man who killed himself near Providence hospital revealed


Veteran commits suicide outside VA hospital in Providence
5:25 PM Wed, Dec 15, 2010
Amanda Milkovits
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Vietnam veteran committed suicide in a parking lot outside the Providence VA Medical Center early Wednesday afternoon.

People inside the medical building at 830 Chalkstone Ave. heard a gunshot just before 12:30 p.m. and called the police, said VA spokesman Tom Antonaccio.

The police found the 63-year-old Cumberland man lying outside his vehicle in the parking lot, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, Antonaccio said.
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Veteran commits suicide outside VA hospital in Providence