Florida Man Charged With 8 Jan. 6 Crimes Commits Suicide: Police

Published on May 8, 2024

A Florida man being prosecuted for the alleged assault of two police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has committed suicide, according to a police report. David Kennedy Homol, 55, of Umatilla, Florida, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound sometime between 6 p.m. on April 17 and 8:55 a.m. on April 18, according to a Panama City Police Department report obtained by The Epoch Times. On May 7, federal prosecutors in Washington D.C. filed a death notice and a motion for abatement of prosecution with U.S. District Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather. A Panama City man told police that he heard what sounded like a gunshot in the area of his residence at about 6 p.m. on April 17. He looked around “and did not observe anything suspicious in the area and did not see the deceased’s vehicle,” the police report stated....

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