NY Man Liquat Khan ID’d As West Point Army Chief Who Died Tuesday During Physical

WEST POINT, NY. (THECOUNT) — Liquat Khan, of Bloomingburg, New York, has been identified as the Special Agent-in-Charge at US Army Criminal Investigation Command Chief Warrant Officer, who died during a physical fitness test on Tuesday, according to a Friday release from the U.S. Military Academy in New York.

Khan, 51, collapsed during a run at West Point and was pronounced dead at Keller Army Community Hospital, reports ArmyTimes.

“Words cannot express how saddened and deeply affected we are by Special Agent Khan’s death,” Maj. Gen. David Glazer, head of U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and the provost marshal general of the Army, said in the release. “He joined the Army after 9/11 because he wanted to serve the country that had given so much to him and his family. He was a patriot, a true professional, an incredible special agent and he will be sorely missed.”

Khan, a 15-year veteran of CID, had been assigned to West Point since June, his third tour at the academy. He was also an Army special agent during two combat deployments.

His cause of death is under investigation, the release said, but foul play is not suspected.

Geo quick facts: West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States. Located on the Hudson River in New York, West Point was identified by General George Washington as the most important strategic position in America during the American Revolution – Wikipedia.