The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- An on-duty senior inspector for the U.S. Marshals Service found shot on a Harlem street had apparently committed suicide, police said Tuesday.
The body of Matthew S. Healey, 38, was found on a sidewalk at West 138th Street and 12th Avenue early Monday by officers who were notified of a shooting there.
Healey, a 15-year supervisor in the marshals service who reported directly to Washington, D.C., had been shot once in the head; he had been on his way to meet with a deputy marshal.
The New York Police Department said Tuesday that Healey died of an apparent self-inflicted wound. His death had initially been investigated as a homicide.
Police said one gun belonging to Healey was found at the scene of the death and another of his guns was found at the 158th Street exit of the southbound Henry Hudson Parkway, about 20 blocks away.
Inside Healey’s car, investigators recovered three shell casings.
U.S. Marshal Joseph R. Guccione said Monday that officials thought the shooting “was job related.”
Healey began his career as a deputy marshal in August 1988. In 1992, he was promoted to criminal investigator. He also was promoted to supervisory deputy U.S. marshal assigned to the Fugitive Warrant Squad and was named senior inspector assigned to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
The mission of the U.S. Marshals Service is to protect federal courts and ensure the effective operation of the judicial system. The service transports federal prisoners and protects witnesses, among other duties.