Daytona Beach, FL: Chief: Daytona Officer Almost Cleared In Girlfriend's Death

POSTED: 4:25 pm EDT July 16, 2010
UPDATED: 4:47 pm EDT July 16, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach police officer whose girlfriend used his department issued weapon to commit suicide is still the subject of an internal investigation, but the police chief tells WESH 2 News he's all but cleared of any wrongdoing.
Officer Chris Reeder was in the shower last February when he heard the gun go off and found girlfriend Cathryn Moore dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said at the time.
The Daytona Beach Police Department asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to look into the circumstances surrounding the death, but Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said DNA evidence on the weapon suggests the shooting was just a tragic accident.
The FDLE investigation is still not complete.