A police officer from the 111th Precinct in Bayside fatally shot himself on Jan. 19 while on duty in Hollis Hills.
The officer had responded to a call with his partner regarding a car that been broken into on 211th Street near 85th Avenue. According to witnesses cited in published reports, the policeman stopped interviewing the crime victim to take a personal call on his cell phone.
The NY Post revealed Monday that the officer was Terence Dean of Medford, LI. based on an interview with his alleged girlfriend, who said she was trying to prevent him from shooting himself.
According to the reports, the officer had a heated argument with his girlfriend and then took his gun and shot himself in the mouth. His partner, who had been in a house at the time, rushed out and transported the officer to Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11 p.m.
The 28-year-old officer was a five-year NYPD veteran.
Officers at the 111th Precinct and at NYPD headquarters in Manhattan would not release the deceased man’s name and refused to comment on the Post story.
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