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Ft. Wainwright soldier found dead of apparent suicide

Alaska News Nightly by Alaska Public Media

A Fort Wainwright soldier was found dead at his off-base home in Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon. Fairbanks police say 28-year-old Army Sgt. Philip Brandon Wright from Jacksonville, Florida died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He joined the Army in 2008 and has been stationed around the United States.

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Anne Hillman is a behavioral health clinician working in rural Alaska. Before going back to school for her Masters of Social Work, she covered social justice issues for Alaska Public Media and ran the multimedia and arts project Mental Health Mosaics with Out North.