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HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. May 30 2008(suburb of Nashville TN.) A Hendersonville police officer died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday morning at this home.
The Hendersonville Police Department said officers investigated William C. Pelfrey III on Wednesday after they received a complaint from his wife and her employer after a disturbance.
Pelfrey was placed on administrative leave with pay on Wednesday after the investigation
Police Chief Terry S. Frizzell said he issued an order for Pelfrey to receive a psychological evaluation and any necessary treatment on Thursday afternoon.
Hendersonville police were then called to Pelfrey’s residence on Hillside Drive at 8:25 a.m. Thursday where he was found dead.
Authorities said no other persons are suspected to be involved in his death.
Neighbors said police took out several bags of evidence during a search and that officers checked the attic space of Pelfrey’s Hillside Drive home, but police did not say why.
Karen Anderson, who has lived next door to Pelfrey for years, said she doesn’t know what drove Pelfrey to shoot himself.
“I really don’t know what caused that. I really don’t know,” she said.
Anderson said Pelfrey was a friendly neighbor and loving father.
“That’s what the biggest shock is, because the years I’ve known William to be such a family-oriented man. To me, that was very shocking. To conceive the though would be very shocking,” she said.
“The greatest question is, what would cause something like that?” Frizzell said.
“Well, you don’t know what goes on in somebody’s mind. You don’t know what goes on,” said neighbor Thomas Stead.
Police were still investigating late Thursday afternoon.
Pelfrey had been with the department since September 1996 and had served on the Sumner County Drug Task Force for the last two years.

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