NYPD Precinct Commander Fatally Shoots Himself In Police Vehicle Representational image Photo: Pixabay
The technical assistance response tried to locate him but in vain
Denis Mullaney is believed to be the first active cop to kill himself this year
The commanding officer of a Queens police precinct shot himself in the head inside a department vehicle Monday.
Deputy Inspector Denis Mullaney, who commands the 107th Precinct, had apparently called the precinct s executive officer to say he was thinking about committing suicide, reports NY Daily News.
The executive officer immediately alerted the technical assistance response unit, which tried to locate Mullaney. However, he had pulled the trigger by the time they got to the vehicle on Underhill Avenue near the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway.
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