Suicide Victim Found At Fort Tilden

The Park Police received a 911 call just after noon on May 17th reporting a body found hanging inside the munitions building adjacent to Battery Harris at Fort Tilden. USPP and NYPD officers and detectives responded, as did city EMS personnel. The victim was a 38-year-old man from Cape Coral, Florida. The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide. A note in the man’s pocket indicated that he’d had drinking problems and was attempting to get his life in order.