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Hamilton Sergeant Found Dead After Allegedly Shooting Beverly Cop

BEVERLY (CBS) – A Hamilton Police Sergeant accused of shooting a Beverly Police officer has been found dead.

Police say Ken Nagy, a Hamilton police officer, shot Beverly Police officer Jason Lantych.

Lantych was shot outside a Starbucks on Enon Street. Witnesses say he was shot twice, once in the hip and once in the arm.

Customers at the Starbucks tended to the victim before an ambulance took him to the hospital. Lantych underwent surgery at Beverly Hospital and is expected to survive.

Nagy returned to the scene and was found dead in his car of an apparent suicide.

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