The cause of death of a hero New Jersey police officer shot and killed outside an abandoned movie theater was revealed Tuesday.
The cause of death of a hero New Jersey police officer who was shot and killed outside an abandoned movie theater was suicide, according to police.
Detective Mattew Kurtz, 34, who once saved an 83-year-old man in a fire, was found outside the Amboy Cinemas building off the Garden State Parkway on Monday, authorities said.
Sayreville Police Chief John J. Zebrowski said the officer’s death “sheds more light on an insidious predator that has taken his life and so many others in law enforcement as well.”
“Sadly, suicide remains a leading cause of police officer deaths,” he wrote on the department’s Facebook page. “Thus, the method by which he lost his life does not make our loss any less tragic. In fact, it leaves only a greater void as many questions will remain unanswered.”
A Facebook page belonging to a Matthew Kurtz of Sayreville used the “Thin Blue Line” symbol – which recognizes fallen officers – as its profile photo this week.
Kurtz, who was found in his personal car with the passenger-side window blown out, suffered one or more gunshot wounds, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.
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