CROSSROAD SUICIDE: Wabash Co. man drives up to intersection, shoots self

April 27, 2012

COLUMBIA CITY — A Wabash County man committed suicide Wednesday afternoon in his car at a Whitley County road intersection.

Police said the unidentified man, 26, died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

Police were called to the intersection of Ind. 114 and CR 350 W. at approximately 12:30 p.m. Wednesday after a man pulled up to the south side of the intersection and shot himself in the head.

The 26-year-old man was alive at the scene and was flown by helicopter to a Fort Wayne hospital, where he later died.