Crime & Safety

Long Island Police Officer Kills Herself in Patrol Car

BREAKING: The officer was apparently facing personal trouble.

A female Freeport police officer killed herself in her patrol car Thursday night, Patch has learned.

Sources told Patch that the officer, who was going through a bad divorce, shot herself in her patrol car at about 8 p.m. Thursday.

The car was parked near the intersection of Randall Avenue and North Bayview Avenue when the officer took her own life.

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