Suicide Ruled For Fair Lawn Man Found Shot Dead Outside Police HQ

FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn police made it official Wednesday morning: A 54-year-old man who was found shot dead in his car outside headquarters Tuesday afternoon killed himself.

At the scene.
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Jerry DeMarco

08/10/2016 9:34 a.m.

Police had to wait for the final determination of the Bergen County Medical Examiner.

As Daily Voice reported on Tuesday, an officer returning from a traffic detail who parked next to the 2003 Chevy Impala found the body around 1:15 p.m.

The victim "had suffered a gunshot wound to the head with a handgun resting on his lap," Sgt. Brian Metzler said.

"From a distance, the Chevy looked like a police car," one officer said Turesday. "You wouldn't have thought anything of it at a glance."

The man wasn't a police officer, the sergeant said.

The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence.

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