Dec. 11--State police at Tunkhannock are investigating the death of one of their own.
Police said Trooper Craig Venesky, 42, of Clarks Summit, died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot at 2:45 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Troop P Tunkhannock State Police Barracks.
The investigation is ongoing, and an autopsy was scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Moses Taylor Hospital, police said. Efforts to reach the Wyoming County coroner's office were unsuccessful.
Wyoming County District Attorney Jeff Mitchell had little to say about the investigation. Both he and state police investigators said there is no evidence of foul play.
State police officials could not be reached for comment Saturday. State police were assisted by the coroner's office, Tunkhannock Ambulance and Medic 93.
Trooper Venesky enlisted in the state police in September 2000.
BOB BAKER and ERIN L. NISSLEY, staff writers, contributed to this report.
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