SEBRING, Fla. Jan 29 2019 The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the death of one of their own. On Saturday, the agency said they were investigating the death of Sgt. Max Van D’Huynslager. Investigators said preliminary evidence showed he died by suicide. The 42-year-old has been a law enforcement officer for over 15 years, and […]
ACCOKEEK, Md. Jan 29 2019 Prince George’s County Police say a Charles County sheriff’s deputy was found dead inside a mangled car on Indian Head Highway before midnight Thursday. Corporal Patrick “P.J.” Mann, a school resource officer assigned to St. Charles High School in Waldorf, died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound before the crash, according […]
Queens NY Jan 28 2019 An off-duty cop who shot himself in the head inside his Queens home has died, police said Saturday. The officer, identified by sources as Nicholas Mencaroni, 40, died shortly after he was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital Friday, authorities said. Medics were called to his 69th Lane home in Middle Village […]
Bloomfield NJ Jan 19 2019 A retired police lieutenant fatally shot himself inside a New Jersey police headquarters after he was arrested over a domestic violence incident, officials said Wednesday. Patrick Montella, 58, was being processed Tuesday night at the Bloomfield Police Department when he shot himself. The retired Newark police officer was pronounced dead […]
CHICAGO IL January 3 2019 A Chicago police officer died by suicide on New Year’s Day on the Northwest Side. Officer Dane Anthony Smith, 36, shot himself while off-duty Tuesday morning at his home in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. Smith worked at Police Headquarters at 35th and Michigan. The Fraternal Order of Police called the news […]
TRENTON NJ December 27 2018 — A Mercer County sheriff officer committed suicide inside the county McDade Administration building Wednesday, officials confirmed. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force responded this afternoon to the 600 block of South Broad Street where they found the sheriff’s officer dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a spokeswoman from the […]
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 […]
PLANT CITY, Fla. December 20 2018 A Florida sheriff’s deputy killed three relatives, including a child, then got on the department’s radio to say he’d hurt his family before killing himself near a high school Wednesday morning, authorities said. The incident unfolded before school started in Plant City, a rural community east of Tampa. Hillsborough County […]
Fresno Ca December 2 2018 Police officer suicide is not widely talked about. Publicized deaths of officers mostly are of those who have died in the line of duty, but suicide takes more police lives nationwide than the number killed while on the job. In 2017, there were 129 officers in the U.S. who died […]
New York NY November 22 2018 Amid rising concerns about police officer suicides, an unprecedented survey by the News 4 New York I-Team has found there’s a startling need for mental health services that’s not being met. In cooperation with Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), News 4 New York sent a confidential online survey to thousands […]