The Geary County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed a 21-year old Fort Riley soldier, Dakota Blake Noah, shot himself Sunday evening and later died at a hospital.

The Sheriff’s Department issued a statement reporting that at approximately 5:25 p.m. Deputies and Grandview Plaza police officers were dispatched to the 11000 block of J Hill Road for a third party report of an armed and possibly suicidal subject, inside a vehicle.

Upon their arrival contact was made with a man sitting inside a vehicle that was parked in an access driveway. Deputies attempted to communicate with him, but a short time after attempting communication, he shot himself. Noah was transported to Geary Community Hospital where he later died.

Fort Riley officials have reported that Pvt. Dakota Noah was an infantryman with Company b, 1st Combined Arms battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div.

Noah joined the Army in September 2016 and arrived at Fort Riley in January 2017. He had not deployed. His home of record was Wellington, Colorado.