You guys hear about this?
An employee with New Jersey’s child welfare agency shot and killed herself at her office Monday morning, according to police.
The 57-year-old woman, who was not identified, used a handgun to commit suicide inside the Division of Child Protection and Permanency office in Paramus, Chief of Police Kenneth Ehrenberg said.
Police responded to a report of an injured person at the office on Frisch Court near Route 4 at about 9:45 a.m. The woman was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center in grave condition and later died, said Ehrenberg.
The agency – formerly called the Division of Youth and Family Services – is tasked with child protective services and has offices at locations throughout the state.
“This morning, our Bergen Central Office in Paramus experienced the tragic loss of a dedicated colleague,” state Department of Children and Families Commissioner Christine Norbut said in a statement. “We are cooperating fully with law enforcement to determine the circumstances around this tragedy. We are still learning what happened, and at this time, we would defer to law enforcement for any additional information that can be shared.”
Norbut said calls to the Bergen County office are being rerouted to sister offices in the region.
Ehrenberg said the woman’s death is being investigated by Paramus Police Department detectives, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and investigators with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency.
https://nypost.com/2018/08/27/child-welfare-worker-kills-herself-inside-office/amp/