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Updated: Friday, 20 Jan 2012, 8:04 AM EST
Published : Friday, 20 Jan 2012, 6:58 AM EST
BY KATHY CARVAJAL
MYFOXNY.COM - A police officer with the NYPD ended his life with a gun shot to the face late Thursday night, said an NYPD official.
The 28-year-old cop was reportedly on his cell phone with his girlfriend when he turned his gun on himself in Hollis Hills.
He was rushed to Long Island Jewish Hospital where he died at about 11 p.m.
His identity is being withheld pending family notification.
The officer was responding with his partner to a call about several vehicle break-ins when he committed suicide, the NY Daily News reported Friday.
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