Derrick Vinson

Death by Force

Derrick Vinson, 54, a male from Wellsville, New York, arrived at the Jones Memorial Hospital emergency department on the evening of September 5, 2025, during what authorities later described as a mental health crisis. Police were called around 7 p.m. for a report of a person in the ER lobby with a gun, threatening to harm himself. Officers made contact and issued repeated commands to drop the weapon. In the tense minutes that followed, he turned the gun on himself and fired a single round as hos ...Read More

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Derrick J. VINSON Obituary (2025) - Wellsville

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