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PIONEER PARK DEATH INVESTIGATION – Swinomish police were helping secure the area at Pioneer Park’s parking lot off the roadway entrance at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 23. Investigation and autopsy of the self-inflicted gunshot wound confirmed the initial conclusion of suicide. The 19 year-old Whidbey Island man was found in his car before 1:30 p.m. by a passerby. – Photo by Ken Stern
LA CONNER —The Skagit County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday afternoon that the 19 year old Whidbey Island man found dead in a car in Pioneer Park in La Conner Wednesday afternoon committed suicide.
Tobin Meyer, chief criminal deputy with the Sheriff’s Office, said in a phone call that it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Investigators believe the death to be consistent with a suicide.
Officers responded at 1:29 p.m. June 23 to a 911 call from a passerby in the park. They found the victim slumped over from a possible gunshot wound and apparently dead. Detectives went to investigate and process the scene and were there till at least 6 p.m.
An autopsy performed June 25 confirmed that the male died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The Skagit County Coroner’s office will determine the formal manner of death.
Wednesday La Conner Hook and Ladder and Fire District 13 also responded at 1:29 p.m. and Swinomish police at 1:40 p.m.
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