| A 13-year veteran of the WV State Police recently stationed in Clay County has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the agency.
Corporal Marlo Gonzales, 39, died last night in his cruiser, which was parked in the driveway of his home on Sycamore Road near Hurricane.
The gunshot was heard by Gonzales father-in-law, who lives nearby. When the father-in-law heard what was described as a muffled noise he went to investigate, and found Gonzales' body.
Colonel Dave Lemon said the shot was fired with Gonzales' service weapon while the officer was on duty. Lemon said Gonzales started working with the State Police in 1994.
He'd worked in Putnam and Clay counties before recently being reassigned to South Charleston to fill in for officers on military leave.
Corporal Gonzales is survived by a wife and three children.
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