MILITARY: Death at Camp Pendleton probed as suicide

MILITARY: Death at Camp Pendleton probed as suicide
By MARK WALKER

The shooting death of a 23-year-old Marine at Camp Pendleton on Monday was being investigated as an apparent suicide.

Base officials said the body of Lance Cpl. Michael J. Ronner, 23, of Sudbury, Mass., was found about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday. Multiple reports said the Marine had taken his own life.

The incident occurred the same day the service reported that four active-duty Marines worldwide took their own lives in April, raising the number of confirmed suicides in the Marine Corps this year to 14.

Despite widespread efforts to counsel troops about suicide and offer them an array of mental health assistance programs, there continues to be a high rate of suicides among Marine and U.S. troops in general.
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