UPDATE: Irondequoit police chief confirm death outside town court to be a suicide

UPDATE: Irondequoit police chief confirm death outside town court to be a suicide By News10NBC IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Irondequoit Police Chief Scott Peters is calling a person’s death outside town court a suicide. According to the IPD, officers responded at about 5:30 p.m. to the report of a male who was believed to be suicidal, after they were contacted by a concerned friend who told them the man may have been experiencing a mental health crisis. Officers used information obtained from his cellular phone to determine he was in the area of the Irondequoit Police Department. At about 6 p.m., police found the man, a 33-year-old Irondequoit resident, inside his vehicle in the IPD parking lot near the entrance to the courts. Police said as they approached the vehicle, they witnessed him suffer an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are withholding the identity of the man until family members can be notified. The circumstances remain under investigtion. If you or anyone you know are in crisis, you can call, text, or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 , or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.