VA patient died by suicide at top of hospital’s garage in Syracuse Updated: Jan. 31, 2025, 3:33 p.m.|Published: Jan. 31, 2025, 11:46 a.m.
By Greta Stuckey and Mark Weiner
Syracuse.comSyracuse, N.Y. — A patient at Syracuse VA Medical Center died by an apparent suicide outside the top of the hospital’s parking garage Monday.
Witnesses said the person was wrapped in a body-length transgender pride flag.
The transgender veteran hanged themselves by jumping from the garage, according to a notification the VA gave government officials. The veteran had been discharged from the VA’s inpatient psychiatry unit on Jan. 21, according to the notification. ...