Officer Jonathan Perez died yesterday morning after shooting himself in his apartment. Perez had been an officer with the MNPD for five years, but was decommissioned on March 29 for repeatedly stalking a coworker and disobeying commands from his superior to stop.
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His former colleagues rushed to his apartment after getting a tip from a crisis hotline, the MNPD reported. It was too late, though, as he’d already shot himself before they were able to enter the apartment.