On-duty NYPD cop Philip Chlanda kills himself on city street after Facebook dispute with girlfriend
BY Matthew Nestel AND Bob Kappstatter
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Originally Published:Tuesday, May 17th 2011, 12:49 PM
An on-duty city cop distraught over a possible breakup with his girlfriend pulled out his gun in front of her and fatally shot himself in the head early Tuesday.
"I love you," Officer Philip Chlanda told his girlfriend before pulling the trigger on a Manhattan street.
The 29-year-old cop argued with his gal pal after he looked at her Facebook page to see if she was seeing anyone else, said Paul Browne, NYPD's chief spokesman.
"He was left with the impression that she might leave him," Browne said.
Chlanda, in uniform and on a meal break, left the apartment on W. 36th St. where he and the girlfriend lived with his parents. The couple walked downstairs and continued their argument on the sidewalk near the cop's squad car.
As he pulled his service .9mm Glock about 3:20 a.m., the girlfriend ran toward him, but not in time to stop him firing, Browne said.
Chlanda was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, but died.
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