An off-duty city EMS lieutenant took his own life in his Rockland County home, the Daily News has learned.
Lt. Matthew Keene, assigned to Station 17 on Ogden Ave. in the Bronx, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in his Nyack home, officials said.
His co-workers went to his home when he didn’t show up for his shift Friday and found him dead, sources said.
“He was the most loving, caring, giving person. He was an amazing son,” his devastated mother, Susan Keene, told the Daily News. ”I’m only praying that he finds the peace that he couldn’t find here.” Keene’s last shift was on Tuesday and he was seen by friends Wednesday, sources said. It was not immediately clear if he took his own life Thursday or Friday.
The Orangetown Police Department, which oversees Keene’s neighborhood, did not immediately return calls for comment.