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April 29, 2026

Person Commits Suicide in Front of Thomas Hospital

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

April 29, 2026

UPDATE: We have confirmed that the person was a military veteran who went to the hospital and committed suicide out front. We are not releasing his name.

This is the third suicide in Fairhope in recent months.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. At approximately 1:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, April 29^th, 2026, a person arrived at Thomas Hospital and fatally shot himself in the head.

EMS personnel and hospital staff immediately began treating the person who appeared to be in critical condition.

Fairhope police responded to the hospital and began an investigation.

The Fairhope Fire Department were also dispatched to the front of the hospital.

We have been told this morning by someone familiar with the shooting that the patient did not survive but we cannot confirm this at this time.

We have also been told by a family member that the man lived in Bay Minette and worked in Fairhope and that he was a military veteran.

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January 4, 2025

Fairhope Police Investigating Fatal Shooting

FAIRHOPE Ala.
January 4, 2025

By: Rick McCann

The Fairhope Police Department is currently investigating the death of an individual found outside a home on Prospect Avenue at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning.

Initial evidence suggests a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but a thorough investigation will continue, according to police.

The man had no known connection to the residence where he was discovered, and there appears to be no threat to public safety.

Investigators believe this case may be linked to an altercation that took place in the McDonald’s parking lot on Thursday evening, which resulted in another individual being hospitalized for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper leg.

Police did not expound on the circumstances of the Thursday evening shooting.

Further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

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Person Commits Suicide in Front of Thomas Hospital

Fairhope Police Investigating Fatal Shooting

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