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Off-Duty Police Officer Allegedly Shoots Self In Head
PHILADELPHIA -- An off-duty Philadelphia police officer has shot himself in the head on a busy highway, NBC 10 News reported on Friday.
Police sources said the officer was traveling southbound on Interstate 95 near Callow Hill when he became involved in a car accident, colliding with another car. Three people in the car were taken to an area hospital for treatment.
The off-duty officer was standing on the highway when the Highway Patrol took him into the back seat of one of its vehicles to get him off the road for his own protection. While he was sitting in the back seat, NBC 10 News reported that he allegedly pulled out an off-duty weapon and shot himself in the head.
He was pronounced dead at Jefferson Hospital a short time later.
Authorities are investigating the incident.
PHILADELPHIA -- An off-duty Philadelphia police officer has shot himself in the head on a busy highway, NBC 10 News reported on Friday.
Police sources said the officer was traveling southbound on Interstate 95 near Callow Hill when he became involved in a car accident, colliding with another car. Three people in the car were taken to an area hospital for treatment.
The off-duty officer was standing on the highway when the Highway Patrol took him into the back seat of one of its vehicles to get him off the road for his own protection. While he was sitting in the back seat, NBC 10 News reported that he allegedly pulled out an off-duty weapon and shot himself in the head.
He was pronounced dead at Jefferson Hospital a short time later.
Authorities are investigating the incident.