Official: LA detective from Rodney King trial kills self

[Kadie]

Official: LA detective from King trial kills self

By SUE MANNING, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, July 7, 2009


(07-07) 11:49 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) --

A veteran Los Angeles police detective who testified at the Rodney King trial killed herself after walking into the lobby of a suburban sheriff's station, authorities said Tuesday.

Susan Clemmer, 41, was a gang narcotics officer who worked for the department for nearly 20 years, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. She was unmarried.

"She walked in with a box of personal items and placed it on the counter," Whitmore said.

He declined to describe the items because they are part of the investigation into the 9 p.m. Monday shooting at the Santa Clarita station, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, .

A pregnant deputy tried to help Clemmer before the shooting, but Clemmer wouldn't talk to her, Whitmore said. A male deputy did have a conversation with Clemmer.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/07/national/a105919D73.DTL&tsp=1

[Gwendolyn]

1. I guess there are times when those who see enough ugliness in life...

... just want to get off the ride, even if it ain't over yet.