Veteran Cincinnati police officer dies of self-inflicted gunshot
Cincinnati OH December 23 2018
The veteran Cincinnati police officer who was found dead in Eden Park on Thursday appears to have committed suicide, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office.
Sgt. Arthur Schultz’s preliminary autopsy findings indicate a single gunshot wound to the head and neck area that appears to be self-inflicted, coroner’s office representatives said.
Schultz’s body was located by his fellow officers in a vehicle at 2084 Eden Park Drive on Thursday afternoon, officials said. He was a 28-year veteran of the Cincinnati Police Department.
“CPD shares in the pain and tremendous loss of Sergeant Schultz as he will be tremendously missed,” Police Chief Eliot Isaac said in a statement after identifying the officer.
Before identifying Shultz, Isaac and Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco addressed the media in Mount Adams, near the scene.
Isaac said the officer worked on a plainclothes assignment and was not in uniform at the time of his death. He was in the vice unit since December of 2000, Isaac said.
He became an officer in 1990 when he was assigned to District 4, Isaac said. Shultz was promoted to police specialist in 1995 and then sergeant in 1997 in District 1.
“It was a very emotional scene,” Isaac said. “This is a very difficult time for the department. My heart goes out to the family and the coworkers of our brother officer.”
“Lab testing is being performed during the course of this investigation,” representatives said. “We at the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office wish to convey our condolences to the Schultz family.”
Cincinnati.com
