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Chicago police report officer took his own life

By Taylor Hartz

Chicago police reported that an officer took his own life Tuesday morning in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The 36-year-old was the fifth officer to die by suicide in the last six months.

The officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 10:02 a.m. in the 5500 block of North Mulligan Avenue, where he lived, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Further information about the officer wasn’t immediately available.

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