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NYPD officer dies by suicide, third this month

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

NEW YORK — New York City police say a 29-year-old officer died Friday in the department’s third suspected suicide in less than two weeks.

Police say he shot himself in the head around 3:45 p.m. on a Staten Island street near the 121st Precinct to which the officer was assigned. His identity had not been released as of late Friday.

New York City Police officials gather along Wilcox Street behind the 121st Precinct station house following a report of a police officer shot in the Staten Island borough of New York. (Joseph Ostapiuk/Staten Island Advance via AP)
Last week, two longtime officers died in suspected suicides within 24 hours of each other. Deputy Chief Steven Silks was found dead in a police vehicle in Queens on June 5. Detective Joseph Calabrese was found the next day at a Brooklyn beach.

 

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/health-fitness/articles/484149006-NYPD-officer-dies-by-suicide-third-this-month/