HomeLocalVETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN VA PARKING LOT AFTER ER DENIED HIM CARE Local VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN VA PARKING LOT AfTER ER DENIED HIM CARE August 25, 2016 76 Year old Veteran Peter Kaisen, committed suicide outside a VA parking lot after they denied him care. The 76 year old, left the ER and went to his car where he shot himself outside the nursing home at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Long Island, Suffolk County police told The New York Times. The shooting death has led to the FBI launching an investigation into Kaisen’s death because it had taken place on federal property. An internal audit showed that more than 57,000 new applicants for care have had to wait at least three months for initial appointments and an additional 64,000 newly enrolled vets who requested appointments never got them.
