Ohio Officer Found Dead in Property Room

Officials say the male police officer officer apparently shot himself while inside the property room.

Nov. 11, 2013

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus police Sunday night were investigating the death of a police officer of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at the police property room on the South Side.

Police summoned Columbus fire paramedics at 5:20 p.m. to the Police Division's property room, which is located at 724 E. Woodrow Ave.

Paramedics pronounced the officer dead at 5:29 p.m., the Columbus Fire Division reported.

Jason Pappas, president of Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge 9, last night confirmed that a male police officer apparently shot himself in the property room.

Detectives on the team that handles police-involved shootings are handling the investigation. No more information was being released last night.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service