NEW YORK June 29 2019 — A police officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home on Wednesday, marking the fourth New York Police Department (NYPD) suicide this month. The officer fatally shot himself at his Hicksville home on Long Island Wednesday night, NYPD sources said. The officer, who served in the Bronx, was […]
Staten Island NY June 17 2019 An NYPD officer died after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot to the head outside a Staten Island stationhouse on Friday. The incident took place on Wilcox Street in the Graniteville section of the island. Just before 4 p.m., sources told News 4 the officer was inside his car when the […]
Philadelphia PA June 11 2019 Philadelphia’s first openly gay Deputy Sheriff committed suicide at his desk from an apparent gunshot wound on Friday, just before the city’s weekend of pride celebrations were set to begin. Dante Austin, 27, was found dead at his desk at the Philadelphia Sheriff’s office. An official cause of death is […]
GOTHENBURG, Neb. June 10 2019 A Gothenburg police officer was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide Saturday night, according to Dawson County Attorney Elizabeth Waterman. Around 9 p.m. Saturday, Nebraska State Patrol officers were dispatched to Officer Jill McCandless’ home. A family member called for help after the bodies of Officer McCandless, 53, and her […]
New York City NY June 8 2019 The suicides of a veteran chief and a homicide detective prompted the police commissioner to urge officers to seek help if they feel despondent. One was a veteran deputy chief found dead in his police vehicle in the neighborhood where he worked. The other was a longtime homicide […]
Queens NY June 6 2019 NYPD uniform officers and detective were on scene of a police officer death in Queens Wednesday afternoon and into the evening. While police are not identifying the officer, they said that an off-duty police officer was found shot in a car in Queens Wednesday and they are looking into whether […]
INDIANAPOLIS IN June 2 2019 For the third year in a row, police officer suicides outnumber line of duty deaths across the country. Now police departments in Indiana are refocusing efforts on officer mental health. Understanding the stress and hours a police officer works can be hard to grasp by the general public. But it’s leading […]
JACKSON, Miss May 28 2019 Jackson Police Chief James Davis confirms an officer accused of statutory rape committed suicide on I-220 Monday afternoon. Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart confirmed that the victim was a Jackson police officer and it appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba has identified the officer as 29-year-old […]
Montebello CA April 24 2019 A Montebello police officer who had been on the force less than a year died of a gunshot wound Sunday after discharging his weapon inside police headquarters, authorities said. Officer Kenneth Utsinger, 41, was pronounced dead at the police station at 1600 W. Beverly Blvd. at 5:24 a.m. Sunday, according to […]
SPRING TOWNSHIP, PA March 22 2019 A member of the Reading Police Department was found dead Sunday night of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot in Spring Township, Spring Police Chief Bryan Ross said Monday. A Spring officer discovered the body of Christopher J. Mayer, 53, in his vehicle in the parking lot of Wilson Southern Middle […]