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Laredo suicide-prevention committee hears January report showing multiple youth attempts, one local fatality
Summary
The committee reviewed January crisis-call statistics and case details, including several adolescent attempts and a Jan. 27 death in Laredo; police urged better emergency-detention paperwork and offered training to school resource officers.
Sergeant Teddy Bartobello of the Laredo Police Department told the Suicide Prevention Committee on Jan. 28 that January 2026 produced seven attempted-suicide calls, 13 attempted-suicide reports, 49 emergency-detention reports, 60 emergency-detention calls and one death by suicide.
Bartobello read summaries of individual incidents, citing a Jan. 1 self-inflicted gunshot (case no. 2026441) and multiple adolescent attempts by overdose, cutting or hanging. He described a Jan. 27 call at 200 Valencia Avenue in which family members found a youth deceased by hanging; Laredo Fire Paramedics and patrol officer Ali Cavazos responded, and detectives led by Francisco Castaneda recovered a letter and videos left by the victim.…
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