PD: Woman kills herself at Staunton fire station
STAUNTON — Police said a woman pulled into the parking lot of the Staunton Fire Department Station 1 and killed herself over the weekend.
The incident took place just minutes before 7 p.m. on June 15, according to the Staunton Police Department.
Police said the family of the woman initially reported her missing. While authorities were investigating the unidentified woman's whereabouts, she was found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a vehicle at the Staunton Fire Department Station 1, which is located at 500 N. Augusta St.
Additional details concerning the incident were not released.
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