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War protestor found fatally shot in Flower Mound
BY DAN EAKIN, Staff Writer
An e-mail found inside the truck alongside a shooting victim’s body has led police to the arrest of a suspect.
David John Honish, 52, of Denton, a Vietnam veteran who was an active member of a national organization called Veterans for Peace, was found shot in his vehicle in far northwest Flower Mound Thursday night.
His brother, Mark Francis Honish, 44, of Trophy Club, was arrested Friday morning at his home in connection with the shooting.
Honish was arrested and transported to the Flower Mound jail. As of press time Friday, he remained in the jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.
A police patrol officer discovered a vehicle parked just off the roadway on U.S. 377 just north of Cross Timbers Road (FM 1171) about 11:30 p.m., said Paul Boon, Flower Mound public information officer.
“Honish was discovered slumped over in the driver’s seat and had what appeared to be single gunshot wound to the head,” Boon said. “Through evidence discovered early in the investigation, it was determined that the victim’s wounds did not appear to be self inflicted and that his death was the result of a possible homicide.”
The news of David Honish’s death was immediately posted on the Veterans for Peace Web site.
Honish was a member of Veterans for Peace since 2003, and was active in Chapter 106 n North Texas.
According to information on the Web site, Honish was working on the resolution against the Patriot Act passed at the 2003 national convention. In recent years, he organized numerous peace events in Denton County.
In September 2006, Honish and several other protestors of the Iraq war stood alongside Interstate 35 near Corporate holding up signs in protest of the war.
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Mr. Shawn M. Dillon,Atlanta,GA. wrote on Jun 23, 2007 6:03 AM:
" First and foremost,my heart goes out to the Family of David John Honish.
After reading this article,I thought about the time when I completed my service,and went back home to Clarksdale,MS. I guy I grew up with,from that same town asked me,"Aren't you glad to be safe and sound,at home,in the good old U.S.A.?"
It's stories like this,that I have read over and over,since March 1,1989(the official date that I left the Army),that makes me wonder. At least I had a weapon to defend myself,while I served. "
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