The 33-year-old man's estranged wife summoned police, who found him in his car near the corner of Bogert Street and Queen Anne Road near Votee Park around 3:30 a.m., they said.
He pulled the trigger as officers approached, they said.
Life-saving efforts continued before EMS arrived, during the ride to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was eventually pronounced dead.
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