I live in Tucson and I didn't hear shit about this. Though, this weekend I was out all the time, so missed the news. I didn't hear about this till today, and though I didn't know the guy, the circumstances behind his death hit me like a ton of bricks.
You hear about this kind of thing all the time, but it never really impacts you till it happens to someone close to you, or in this case someone close to a large part of NG's community.
The e-mail was insane. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Then to top it all off, afterwards reading the news-stories confirming what otherwise could've been a sick joke, or a simple cry for help just drove it all home. It was not. He'd actually taken his life, because of circumstances that snowballed from that accidental stabbing.
I'm not going to pretend to know the guy, or be a friend of his, but I will respectfully offer my condolences to his family and friends for thier loss. Man, this is a crazy world we live in....