Najee Tynes

In the summer of 2016, the community of Roanoke, Virginia, was shaken by the untimely death of 29-year-old Najee Anthony Tynes, a male police officer who had been with the Roanoke Police Department since 2011. On the evening of July 27, 2016, Tynes was discovered deceased inside a restroom at the police department headquarters. The official cause of his death was determined to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Following this tragic event, the department initiated an internal review to understan ...

Roanoke Police Department identifies officer who died from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

Roanoke police officer found dead in police department from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound