9th NYPD Cop Commits Suicide This Year, 2nd in a Week: Reports

In this file image, a policeman looks down a street in midtown Manhattan in New York, on June 10, 2019. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

A veteran New York Police Department officer reportedly committed suicide late Aug. 14 in his home in Laurelton, Queens. According to reports, his death marks the ninth suicide of a police officer in New York this year.

The New York Daily News reported that off-duty officer Robert Echeverria, 56, was rushed to North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital. He could not be saved, and he was later pronounced dead.