February 19, 2009 Florida police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Florida police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS FLA Feb 19 2009
By: Rick McCann
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/ — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the suicide death of a Lady Lake police officer.
Authorities confirmed that Lt. Gene Wadkins committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 11:30 a.m. His wife, Kelly, who is a sergeant with the sheriff’s office’s Road Patrol, discovered the body somewhere along Number 2 Road near their home in Howey-In-The-Hills.
Investigators with the Lake County Sheriff’s office and the Howey-In-The-Hills police responded to the area and are investigating.
Before joining the Lady Lake police department, Wadkins served as the chief of police in Mascotte and as a sheriff’s deputy from 2002 to 2003.
Homicide detectives have taken over the case but the shooting has been ruled death by suicide.
Authorities confirmed that Lt. Gene Wadkins committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 11:30 a.m. His wife, Kelly, who is a sergeant with the sheriff’s office’s Road Patrol, discovered the body somewhere along Number 2 Road near their home in Howey-In-The-Hills.
Investigators with the Lake County Sheriff’s office and the Howey-In-The-Hills police responded to the area and are investigating.
Before joining the Lady Lake police department, Wadkins served as the chief of police in Mascotte and as a sheriff’s deputy from 2002 to 2003.
Homicide detectives have taken over the case but the shooting has been ruled death by suicide.
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