The mayor of Hyattsville, Maryland, an urban condo birth air of Washington, D.C., is dull on the age of 44 after committing suicide.
“It is with huge disappointment that we record that our loved Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward passed away the day prior to this, January 25, from an obvious self-inflicted gunshot hurt,” a submit on the authentic web situation for Hyattsville said on Wednesday. “Mayor Ward was a valued and relied on chief and a fierce advocate for your entire folk of Hyattsville. We’re heartbroken at this loss and extend our deepest sympathy to his family.”
Kevin Ward – City of Hyattsville, Maryland
(City of Hyattsville, Maryland)
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Ward beforehand served as metropolis council president in Hyattsville, positioned appropriate north of the border between Maryland and the District of Columbia, and became mayor on the tip of 2020 when then-mayor Candace Hollingsworth stepped down. Ward, a Democrat, then won the mayoral election in Can even 2021.
Ward’s physique was learned by United States Park Law enforcement officers in Fortress Marcy, a park in McLean, Virginia, in step with WJLA.
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“I am straightforward particular person,” Ward’s campaign web situation reads. “I judge in listening more than talking. But when I talk about, I’m not one to mince phrases or stutter folk what they must hear. I judge in doing the work. I judge that if I will serve somebody, then I will trade her or his life. This is the explanation I devoted my career to offering the absolute top technology to education and human services and products, to serve as many as I will.”
Ward leaves within the aid of a husband and two sons.
“The First Woman and I are saddened to be taught of the passing of Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward,” Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted. “We extend our most heartfelt condolences to the Ward family and the folk of Hyattsville as they grieve this tragic loss.”
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND – APRIL 17: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan talks to reporters all over a files briefing Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The metropolis failed to as we instruct order funeral tiny print however said that neighborhood members in want of anguish counseling or mental successfully being give a buy to are encouraged to contact Workforce Disaster Products and services, Inc.: Dial 211 and press 1 or name 800-273-TALK; or the Affiliated Sante Workforce disaster give a buy to line: 301-429-2185.
