Female Iraq Veteran committed suicide after traffic stop

Woman shoots herself during traffic stop on I-90
By Celeste Gracey, ISSAQUAH REPORTER
Published 01:16 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Police believe a woman committed suicide after a Washington State Patrol officer initiated a standard traffic stop on I-90 Tuesday morning.

Kara Hinrichs, 23, of Bothell reportedly shot herself in the head after a domestic dispute with a boyfriend, said Trooper Cliff Pratt.

Hinrich had a clean police record. She did however serve in the U.S. military in Iraq, and had knowledge of how to handle a firearm, he said.

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Woman shoots herself during traffic stop