Man Commits Suicide at Silver Comet Trail
Bystanders said the man was an "elderly gentleman."
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Smyrna police are reporting that a man committed suicide Wednesday afternoon near the Silver Comet Trail connector off Cooper Lake Road.
Mike Smith, Smyrna police's public information officer, said officers responded to the scene at about 3 p.m. and found that a man had fired a single gunshot into his chest. Smith did not know the man's name, age or where he was from.
A bystander who preferred not to give her name said heard the sirens and saw the police activity while she was walking with her friend on the trail.
"We started walking back and there were sirens and everything," she said. "They said it was a crime scene. We walked on and came back and we were told by some of the bystanders that some elderly gentleman had tried to take his own life."
The man was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Dominique Huff
4:58 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. My health teacher in 9th grade Coach Leah Hudson told us that and it has always stuck with me. Times are tough but unfortunately many have reached what they think is the end.
V E Chapman
1:00 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
You are so correct! My mom always used to tell me - "it will work itself out" - and I found out -- that it always does! So sorry for the gentleman..
Edward Taylor Beazley Jr
7:08 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
Yes, you are right,it is the beginning
ron delnero
11:39 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
Your'e right that suicide is not an answer to ANY problem, however not all problems are temporary. Suicide is a selfish act that hurts everyone you know or are related to. There's nothing He won't listen to and help us with. God can and will heal us.
Eli Luther Saucier
12:23 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
@ron, It is what you think. If you think problems are not temporary then your problems will last forever. Personally, I don't have problems.
Pam J
5:16 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
I've heard that when people commit suicide that they have come to terms with it and are very calm. I've known three people in my life who have killed themselves. As bad as my life has been in the past two years, commiting suicide has not crossed my mind. I get depressed, but I guess I'm not ready to die yet. We just found out yesterday that my father has cancer, so this year isn't starting off too great either. Hopefully the man who killed himself was at peace when he did it. How sad.
Edward Taylor Beazley Jr
7:06 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
He might be at pease with himself,but not thinging about where he is going.
Eli Luther Saucier
12:19 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Do you know where he went?
Erik Fernald
8:31 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
I never could identify with this, my uncle had cancer and shot himself a long time ago. My dad and I agreed this was no way to deal with it, but we were not feeling his pain. He let his wife find him in the living room with a gunshot to the head. I could never do that to my family, no matter how bad it got.
chiké wellness
11:15 am on Saturday, February 25, 2012
People generally don't understand that if a person is suffering from depression, making what would normally be considered a rational decision to "choose life" is a tall order. Depression is a medical condition. Expecting a person with depression to make the same decisions as a person with a healthy mind isn't realistic. It's like asking a person with a bad heart to run a marathon and expect that they'll do so without any adverse effects. Being so ignorant to judge someone suffering from depression without taking a full account of what they're dealing with medically is inhumane.
Carlton Evans
12:36 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
you are correct. it does not appear that any previous commentaters know anything about this man or the issue which he faced. depression, if that what it was, is more than "feeling sad" or "overwhelmed by a situation". it can be a dark, lonely condition in which the only way out seems to be suicide. and while suicide has been described as a selfish act, in a state of deep depression it might seem to the actor to be the most humane thing he/she can do to relief perceived burdens they have placed on his/her family and friends.
h dunn
4:24 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Suicide is for people who has gave up on hope, they see no light at the end of the tunnel. Never give up hope the sun will come up a new day is comeing. Please it takes courage to ask for help talk to someone. Only God can judge.
Michae Chase
7:37 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
My first wife killed herself, and I have yet to get past the anger of such a selfish act. Even KNOWING how much her family pushed her to it I can not accept that it was the only solution. I Will love Holly every day of my life, just as I shall hate her for what she did. Pain is part of life, but misery is a choice.
Eli Luther Saucier
9:21 pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012
Michael, you must find a way to forgive Holly. Based on everything I have learned, she more than likely regretted what she did immediately and is still regretting it because she now realize that she was truly loved by you. You and your first wife deserve peace. May God bless you!