WAPAKONETA — A 53-year-old man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday after threatening to take his own life in a public park, the Wapakoneta Police Department reported.
At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wapakoneta police officers responded to Veterans Park in reference to a man threatening suicide. Officers located Scot A. Jones, of Wapakoneta, inside his vehicle at the park. When Jones exited the vehicle, officers discovered he had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his stomach.
Jones was taken to Lima Memorial Health System by Wapakoneta Fire/EMS. No one else was injured, according to Police Department officials.
