Yet another NYPD detective commits suicide in his Queens home

Second-grade Detective Paul Federico, 53, was found hanging in the house on 79th Street in Middle Village around 12:25 p.m., sources said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene but no note was found.

“His wife was in front screaming,” said neighborhood resident Mario Kustera, 53.

“She was saying, ‘Why did my husband do this?’” [...]

Federico is the first NYPD cop to take his own life in 2020.

Last year, ten active-duty NYPD cops took their own lives, double the rate of recent years.

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