Upper East Side Man Kills Self With Cop Wife's Gun, Report Says

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A retired United States marine killed himself using his police officer wife's service weapon in their Upper East Side apartment, according to reports.

The 50-year-old man was found Sunday around 4 p.m. after his wife returned to their Park Avenue apartment from a swimming class with the couple's baby, police sources told the New York Post. The man was found suffering a gunshot wound to the head and was rushed to the hospital before being pronounced dead, according to the report.

A 9mm pistol was by the man's side when he was found, the Post reported. The gun belonged to his wife, a White Plains police officer, and was her service weapon, according to the report.

Police sources told the Post that the man suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder related to his military service. The man previously expressed suicidal thoughts to friends and his wife, according to the report.

Read the full New York Post report here.

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