5 officers fired after man dies by suicide alone in interview room: Savannah police

Five officers with the Savannah Police Department have been fired after a man died by suicide while alone in an interview room, the department said.

Five Georgia officers have been fired after a 60-year-old man died by suicide while alone in a police interview room, the department said. William Harvey had been taken to Savannah police headquarters on April 3 for questioning in an aggravated assault investigation, the Savannah Police Department said. Officers left the interview room and returned to find Harvey unconscious, with injuries to his neck made by his shoelaces, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, whose agents were brought in to investigate. The GBI ruled Harvey's death a suicide. All officers connected to the incident were placed on administrative leave, police said, and the Savannah police's professional standards unit launched an investigation into the four officers involved.