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Chicago Police Officer Dies Of Apparent Suicide In Garfield Ridge

It's the third time in the last week a Chicago police officer has died of apparent suicide.

(CBS Chicago)

CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago police officer died of an apparent suicide Thursday morning, the third CPD officer to die of suicide in the past week.

Sources said the 51-year-old officer had been with the department for 18 years, and died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in his garage in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.

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