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4 Current and Former Members of a Single Sheriff’s Department Die of Apparent Suicides in 2-Day Span

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One former and three current employees of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department died of suspected suicides just hours apart this week.

According to NBC News, the deaths occurred on Monday and Tuesday.

Sources told the outlet that while the cause of the deaths has not been determined by the medical examiner, each of them is being investigated as a suicide.

On Monday morning, a captain was found dead at his home in Santa Clarita.

A short while later, a retired deputy was found dead in the Antelope Valley in the northern part of the county.

Also on Monday, a jail official was found dead, also in the Santa Clarita area.

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