NYPD: On-duty officer fatally shot himself
Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | Police prepare to hang black bunting outside the 215th Street entrance at the 111th Precinct in Bayside, Queens. A 28-year-old police officer shot and killed himself in the confines of the 111th Precinct. (Jan. 20, 2012)
A New York City police officer committed suicide while on duty in Queens Thursday night, a department spokesman said Friday.
The officer, 28, whose name has not been released, shot himself within the 111th Precinct, where he was assigned, said the spokesman, Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne.
Police did not say precisely where the shooting occurred or describe the circumstances.
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