Posted April 4, 2017 9:10 am by Comments

By Jennifer Cruz

Officers grieve after the discovery of a police officer who appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle)
A sergeant with the Houston Police Department was found dead inside the department’s Westside Patrol Station on Friday morning from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo confirmed in a brief press conference Friday that the officer was a 21-year veteran of the force but, out of respect for the family, did not release the officer’s name. An anonymous source said the officer was 44 years old.
Acevedo said authorities searched the building after the officer failed to report to work at 7 a.m. At 8:35 a.m., the officer’s body was discovered in a fourth-floor stairwell in the patrol station where he was assigned. According to a report from the Houston Chronicle, the fourth floor was previously used to house the jail but was closed due to “structural problems.”
Acevedo said the officer was found with a single gunshot wound to the head and there were no reports of anyone hearing gunshots.
Acevedo said the officer’s colleagues described him as a “great guy” with a great personality and, all around, just a great human

Source: Guns.com

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