Man who died after shooting himself at Las Vegas police substation identified

By Rachel Crosby Las Vegas Review-Journal

9 years ago

Las Vegas police investigate the death of a man who police say appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle at Metro‘s Enterprise Area Command station, 6975 W. Windmill Lane, Tuesday, eb. 16, 2016. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye)

Las Vegas police are investigating a suicide in the parking lot of the department‘s southwest-valley substation on 6975 W. Windmill Lane, near South Rainbow Boulevard on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye

The man who police said shot himself in the parking lot of a Metropolitan Police Department substation in the southwest valley Tuesday morning was identified Wednesday.

Donald Jecusco, 68, died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Metro officer Larry Hadfield said. The coroner’s office named him but had not yet determined the cause and manner of his death Wednesday.

The shooting happened at 11 a.m., and police at the substation noticed Jecusco afterward, slumped over in a parked vehicle. After forcing their way into the car, they found Jecusco dead.

It’s unclear why Jecusco was at the substation, but records did not immediately show a connection to Metro or a local criminal history.

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