A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy who died by suicide in June while under investigation for an off-duty incident had called 911 in the minutes before he died and told the dispatcher to send deputies, according to a medical examiner’s report.
Kyle Schlapik, 25, died in the early morning of June 27 in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Medical Examiner’s report released Wednesday. His mother and her other son found his body with a gunshot wound on the jetty near 2300 Bay Drive.
At the time, Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, said that a local law enforcement agency was investigating Schlapik for an off-duty incident. The same day that the Sheriff’s Office announced his death, Fort Lauderdale Police released a statement saying that detectives were investigating a possible sexual battery that occurred on June 17.
“FLPD remains committed to conducting a thorough and complete investigation into this incident and will continue to be in contact with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, their deputy’s family, and the victim throughout the investigative process,” the statement said.
Det. Ali Adamson, a spokesperson for Fort Lauderdale Police, would not say Wednesday if the sexual battery investigation is connected to the suicide.
Broward court records show no incidents related to Schlapik.
Schlapik was last known to be alive was a little after 3 a.m. on June 27, according to the report. He had called 911 and said to send deputies, according to the report. The report does not say why Schlapik said to send deputies or whether deputies were dispatched, but adds that Schlapik’s family was unable to find him at first.
Carey Codd, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, declined to provide further details on the case Wednesday.
Eventually, Schlapik’s girlfriend told his mother to look for him near the jetty because he went there often, according to the report. She and her son found his body a little after 4 a.m. and called 911. Deputies responded and pronounced him dead.
Schlapik had worked for BSO for four years, Coleman-Wright told the Sun Sentinel in June. He was not on duty when he died.
This story was updated to clarify Schlapik’s service at the BSO.
