Erica Reyes, a 34-year-old NYPD officer, tragically took her own life on March 13, 2020, inside the Transit District 1 headquarters located at the Columbus Circle subway station in Manhattan. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Reyes shot herself in a locker room using a colleague's firearm. Despite immediate efforts to save her, she was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. This incident marked the second suicide by an active NYPD member in 2020, highlighting a troubling trend within the department.
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