Unfortunately, a 51-year-old father of three decided to take his own life in a public way on Thursday when locked himself in his car and shot himself once in the head after learning he had been fired. Read the full story after the jump…
A distraught man shot himself in the head in front of co-workers after learning he had lost his job.
Father of there, Patrick Graves, 51, locked himself in his car and shot himself once in the head after learning he had been fired on Thursday.
Mr Graves had worked at the Goodrich Corp. in Burnsville, Minnesota for three years and was reportedly battling depression and financial problems.
Officers on the scene broke a window to reach Graves, who was still alive.
He later died in hospital.
On Monday he received a negative job appraisal from the company where he worked as a welder for sensors used in the aerospace industries.
Speaking to The Pioneer Press, his youngest daughter, 15-year-old Lauren Graves said she will remember her father most for the love he gave to his children.
She said: ‘Even with what he did – that doesn’t affect his heart – that’s just an action he made.
‘I don’t want that to be…the last memory of him or who he was as a person because that was not his life.’
According to Pioneer, Graves had divorced his wife Judith in 2003 and was ordered to pay child support.
The same year he filed for bankruptcy.
