Officials: Police Chief Shoots Himself Just After Suspension
A Mississippi police chief who had just been suspended shot and killed himself Thursday in the police department’s parking lot, officials said, in what was described as “a bad day for law enforcement.”Bay St. Louis Police Chief Mike DeNardo shot himsel...
Law enforcement officers comfort each other outside Memorial Hospital at Gulfport in Gulfport, Miss., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, after Bay St. Louis Police Chief Mike De Nardo died. Hancock County Coroner Jim Faulk said Chief DeNardo died Thursday. Amanda McCoy/The Sun Herald via AP
A Mississippi police chief who had just been suspended shot and killed himself Thursday in the police department’s parking lot, officials said, in what was described as “a bad day for law enforcement.”
Bay St. Louis Police Chief Mike DeNardo shot himself in the chest, Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Don Bass said. He said the shooting appeared intentional.
“Our initial finding is a self-inflicted gunshot,” he said.
Bass said DeNardo was standing outside a vehicle when he shot himself. He did not have information on who found him and reported the shooting.
