Wilson L. Wendell

Wilson L. Wendell, 27, died on May 5, 2017, in Gallatin, Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, he shot himself in the head while being driven to jail in the back of a Gallatin Police patrol car, after hiding a gun on his body. He was taken to a hospital, where he died of the wound. The TBI is investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says Wendell shot himself in the head with a gun he had hidden on his body while being driven to jail in a patrol car.

Reported by: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

Source

• Man arrested in Gallatin fatally shoots himself in back of patrol car WZTV, May 5, 2017