Third NYPD Officer Reportedly Dies by Suicide in 9 Days

Police are lit by flashing lights as they stand in formation while the casket of slain New York City Police officer Randolph Holder is carried from the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York following his funeral service in the Queens borough of N.Y.C., on Oct. 28, 2015. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/File Photo

A New York police officer reportedly killed himself on Friday, June 15. The officer, who is currently unidentified, is the third officer to have died by suspected suicide over the past nine days, according to local reports.

The NYPD officer reportedly shot himself on Staten Island, according to CBS New York. Police sources told the station that he was found in a locked car behind the 121st Precinct. He was found on Wilcox Street in the Graniteville section of the island, NBC New York reported.