A military veteran wanted by police was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a parked vehicle this week at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in the latest of a string of suicides connected to the VA Loma Linda Health Care System in California.
The man, who is in his mid-30s, had an outstanding arrest warrant and officers had been searching for him when they located his vehicle in the parking lot about 3:15 p.m. Sunday, March 30, San Bernardino police Lt. Jennifer Kohrell said.
The man’s identity and the criminal charges he faced were not disclosed. Information was not immediately available regarding why the veteran’s vehicle was in the VA Loma Linda parking lot and whether he was a patient at the hospital…