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Richard Edward Cousins

Gender : Male

Age : 62

Race : White

Date : 08/03/2023

Location : 115 Pat V Eller Lane

City : Newland

County : Avery

State : North Carolina

Agency : Avery County SO, Newland PD, SWAT

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Dispatch received a call from the local veterans’ home that Richard Edward Cousins was suicidal. Patrol officers went out on a welfare check and hound him hostile and called county deputies and SWAT. Some sort of siege happened for many hours until Cousins committed suicide under police duress.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/one-person-dead-one-officer-sustains-minor-injuries-in-hours-long-standoff/article_f6e15dd6-3276-11ee-add4-57d1db4cd946.html