Ewing Police Officer Takes Own Life At HQ

A Ewing Police officer took his own life in the parking lot of police headquarters early Tuesday morning.

Officer Matthew Wallace shot himself around 2:30 a.m.

"I knew Matthew for a very long time. I coached him in soccer since he was 7 years old,"
Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann told the Times of Trenton. . "It's a tragedy and it's a tremendous loss not only for the department but also for the community."

Mercer County First Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri told the Times of Trenton Wallace killed himself near the animal shelter in back of the building on Garzio Drive in Ewing.

Wallace was one of five Ewing officers who helped rescue a 79-year-old woman from a burning home in 2008 by carrying her in a wheelchair from the flames.

The Associated Press contributed to this report