Off-duty LAPD officer found dead inside Thousand Oaks home
An off-duty LAPD officer was found dead inside a Thousand Oaks home Tuesday evening in what investigators believe was a suicide, hours after authorities were called to the home.
Tim Lohman, a detective with the Thousand Oaks Police Department, said authorities received a 911 call about a domestic disturbance in the 3100 block of Apache Circle about 1:30 p.m.
A woman was able to flee from the home, Lohman said, but a man remained inside. Police were unsuccessful in reaching the unidentified man via telephone for hours. Between 6:30 p.m. and 6:50 p.m., officers entered the home and found the man’s body.
“It appears to be a suicide based on preliminary information,” Lohman said.
No information was provided about how he apparently killed himself.
LAPD Officer Drake Madison said the agency had received preliminary information that one of their current officers may have committed suicide. No information about the officer’s identity was provided, but officials believe he was assigned to one of the San Fernando Valley stations.
The LAPD and Thousand Oaks Police Department remained at the single-family home Tuesday night.
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