Posted on 03/24/2008 8:07:13 PM PDT by RDTF
D.C. Fire Hazmat Teams responded to an apparent suicide in the District after fire officials said the man may have killed himself using cyanide.
Police got a call around 4:30 p.m. on Monday for an unconscious male at a house in the 4300 block of 36th Street. Two officers responded and found a man laying next to a small vile of cyanide. Immediately, fire officials said police left the home and called in the hazmat crew, which is standard procedure.
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LOL. Need a copy editor.
The vial was full of a vile liquid. LOL
‘spose all cyanide is vile.
But nobody knows how to proofread. Publick Skools made shure.
I see that kind of error very frequently, though. It tends to completely derail my train of thought.
A couple of years ago, I emailed a reporter concerning the misuse of a word.
She wrote about the “providence” of some artwork. I advised her that the correct word was “provenance.”
Believe it or not, my email (which was polite) never got a reply.
My personal opinion is that misspelling or misusing a word gives a greater appearance of ignorance or miseducation than does using simpler terms from the beginning.
Nope, lock down the building, evacuate everyone, closed down the streets for blocks around, shut the airports, call in the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, SUV, MSM and the ETC.
When I was a sophomore in high school, we had cyanide laced "kill jars" in biology class for killing our insect specimens. What kind of hysteria would that cause now?
Is there any proportion to anything anymore? Does the most minute hazard call for all this hysterical reaction?
Good thing it wasn't one of those killer CFL bulbs.
this is an affluent area of DC, with many embassies nearby
Is there anymore about the ID of the subject?
Let me check for updates.
Ok, this is so vague, but looks like the same incident.
I’ll add links later if something more substantiative comes up.
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1372082
(AP)
“Police Analyze Substance Found in D.C. Home”
March 25, 2008 - 2:16pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON - Authorities say they will analyze a substance recovered from a home where police discovered a dead man Monday afternoon.
Initial reports classified the case as an apparent suicide, but police said Tuesday they are treating the case as a death investigation.
Authorities were called Monday afternoon to the home on 36th Street in Northwest Washington, D.C. fire department spokesman Alan Etter says.
D.C. police spokesman Junis Fletcher says an elderly white male was found dead, and the suspicious substance was recovered from a container. He says the substance will be tested.”
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