Off-duty Chicago cop found dead from apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Norwood Park

The Chicago Police Department has sought ways to address the mental health crisis affecting officers who are often overworked and exposed to trauma. (Getty)

An off-duty Chicago police officer was found dead Thursday morning after suffering an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Norwood Park, marking the latest suicide this year in a department grappling with a mental health crisis.

The officer, a 58-year-old woman, was discovered about 9:20 a.m. in the 5800 block of North Northwest Highway, according to an alert from the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications.