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James Fitzpatrick

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Apr 12, 2015

Victim Details

James M. Jim Fitzpatrick

Female

White / Caucasian

Brooklyn

NY

2015-04-12

48

James

Fitzpatrick

07/22/2026

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On the afternoon of April 12, 2015, James M. Fitzpatrick, 48, a male NYPD sergeant from Brooklyn, was discovered inside his Bay Ridge home after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, in what investigators and early reports described as an apparent suicide. His family was in the residence at the time, and the first frantic moments unfolded behind a bedroom door as the neighborhood began to notice sirens, officers rushing in, and the sudden, stunned quiet that follows a catastrophe no one expects ...
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  • Obituary for James M. Fitzpatrick, N.Y.P.D. at Clavin Funeral Home
  • New York Post: NYPD sergeant commits suicide at home
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