CPD DEPUTY CHIEF’S DEATH RULED A SUICIDE
A 2017 report by the U.S. Justice Department found Chicago’s suicide rate among officers was 60% higher than the national average.
The Tuesday shooting death of a newly promoted Chicago police deputy chief has been ruled a suicide, according to an autopsy released Wednesday.
Dion Boyd, 57, died from a self-inflicted gunshot to his chest, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Boyd, a nearly 30-year veteran of CPD, was found unresponsive in his office Tuesday morning at the Homan Square facility on the West Side.
He’d been sworn in July 15 as deputy chief of criminal networks in a series of leadership changes by Supt. David Brown.