By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Authorities are questioning whether an NYPD lieutenant shot himself twice in the stomach to avoid testifying against his friend and former boss.
The New York Post reports that Lt. Peter Salzone shot himself after he was interviewed by the FBI as part of a corruption investigation into the NYPD.
Salzone had been asked to testify against his former boss, NYPD Deputy Inspector James Grant.
The Post wrote:
The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division is looking at the possibility that Salzone never intended to kill himself and merely wanted to appear emotionally unstable to sabotage his credibility as a witness, according to sources.
Salzone was stripped of his gun and badge Saturday. He could not be reached for comment.
He is the second police officer to shoot himself after getting called into the federal inquiry, which has seen dozens of cops get grilled.
