The Tribune

By MORGAN ADDERLEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

madderley@tribunemedia.net

AN American man allegedly committed suicide in Long Island over the weekend.

Shortly after 7am on Sunday, police were called to a home in the Whymms settlement of the island where they discovered a man “hanging from a rope tied in the ceiling”. Local medical personnel were called to the scene; however the man could not be revived and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the incident was being treated as suicide.

Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash told The Tribune: “He’s an American national, residing in The Bahamas.”

CSP Cash could not say how long the victim had been living here only that it had been a “number of years”.

Long Island MP Adrian Gibson mentioned the incident in a post on his Facebook page, referring to the man as a “second homeowner” in the community.

An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death while police inquiries continue.