Police in Manchester Township, New Jersey found an apology letter after a fatally shot a suicidal 18-year-old on Sunday.
Officers responded to a home on Robin Street shortly before 2 p.m. after receiving a report of a man who contacted 911 stating that he wanted a police officer to respond to his location and that he was going to commit suicide, according to The Asbury Park Press.
Capt. Jack Sramaty, who heads up the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Special Operations Group, said that Limichael Shine was had been cleaning the home with his mother when he made the call and was armed with a "large knife" when police arrived.
"Mr. Shine asked the responding officers to shoot him. The officers gave Mr. Shine commands to relax, surrender and to drop his weapon," Sramaty said. "Mr. Shine refused to obey repeated commands by the officers to surrender and to drop his knife. This encounter resulted in a Manchester Township police officer firing one shot upon Mr. Shine."
Officers attempted to save Shine, but were unsuccessful as he was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later.
Detectives later found a note Shine had written before calling 911 apologizing to the officer who would be called to respond to his call. In the note, Shine writes that his goal was to commit "suicide by officer."
The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and the Ocean County Sheriff's Office are currently were investigating the shooting with cooperation of the Manchester Township Police Department.
