Saturday, September 26, 2015

Marine From Virginia Dead After Gunfire With State Police in Michigan

Member of Marines dies after gunfire on Drummond Island
Associated Press
September 25, 2015

DRUMMOND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — State police say two federal agents were helping search for a missing member of the U.S. Marines when they exchanged gunfire with him on northern Michigan’s Drummond Island.

Hours later Thursday, state police found 38-year-old Aaron Andrew Furness of Woodbridge, Virginia, dead inside a remote cabin. Police say Friday the cause is under investigation.
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UPDATE
Marine died of self-inflicted wound after firing at agents on Michigan island
MLIVE,com
By John Tunison
September 29, 2015

MICHIGAN -- A 38-year-old U.S. Marine died of a self-inflicted injury after firing upon federal agents who were looking for him last week on Drummond Island

State police on Tuesday, Sept. 29 said an autopsy confirmed the cause of death for Aaron Andrew Furness, 38, of West Bloomfield.

Furness was a U.S. Marine gunnery sergeant based at Quantico, Va.

His obituary indicates he served 19 years in the Marines and was deployed for several months in 2007 and 2008 in Iraq.
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