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UPDATE: Search For Suicidal Bergen Man Ends Tragically UPDATE: Search For Suicidal Bergen Man Ends Tragically
Update: Search For Suicidal Bergen Man Ends Tragically The search for a suicidal man ended when he was found hanged Saturday at an old railroad car in Franklin Lakes. The circumstances weren't considered suspicious, authorities said. An alert went out to area towns around 1 p.m. Aug. 19 after police were contacted by someone concerned for the safety of the distraught Northwest Bergen man, who was in his early 60s. His body was found a short time later on the New York, Susquehanna and Western rail line behind Franklin Lakes police headquarters and the municipal field. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification gathered evid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Suicidal Sussex County Man Fires Handgun At Officers And Flees, Prompting Temporary Lockdown Suicidal Sussex County Man Fires Handgun At Officers And Flees, Prompting Temporary Lockdown
Suicidal Sussex County Man Fires Handgun At Officers And Flees, Prompting Temporary Lockdown A suicidal man found with a handgun in a Sussex County parking garage fired two shots at responding officers before driving away, prompting a temporary town-wide lockdown Monday afternoon, police said. The elderly man — whose identity was not being released by police — called officers from the parking garage under the Newton Town Centre complex stating that he had a gun and was suicidal around 1:30 p.m., authorities said. Officers found the man sitting in a chair next to his car and holding a .22 caliber handgun to his head, police said. The officers initiated a conversation with the man, …

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by Valerie Musson