Hong Kong police inspector kills himself in North Point police station
Tributes have been paid to an "experienced and well liked" police officer who died after he shot himself in North Point police station.
Tributes have been paid to an "experienced and well liked" police officer who died after he shot himself in North Point police station.
Chief Inspector Andrew Philips was found slumped in a chair in his second-floor office early yesterday with a single bullet wound to his head.
Philips, 50, a Hong Kong policeman for 27 years after joining in 1987, was a member of the Eastern district crime investigation division.
Senior Superintendent Ip Chi-keung said initial investigations indicated suicide, adding that Philips had no known financial or health problems.
A police spokeswoman said one shot was fired, leaving an entry wound on one side of Philips' head and an exit wound on the other.
A colleague found him in his chair at around 2.40am. His gun was on the floor next to his body. A doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.
Overseas Inspectors' Association chairman Ron Abbott described Philips as an experienced and well liked officer who had served in a variety of uniformed and CID posts.