Crime & Safety

Man Kills Himself in Front of Hotel Temecula

The apparent suicide was reported around 2:30 p.m. in the 42000 block of Main Street at the Temecula Hotel.

A man shot himself in the head in public view in Old Town Temecula today.

The apparent suicide was reported around 2:30 p.m. in the 42000 block of Main Street at the historic Hotel Temecula.

Dressed in a brown jacket and blue jeans, the bearded middle-aged man was discovered slumped in a rocking chair on the hotel's porch. He was bleeding from the head and a pistol was found in his right hand.

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His identity has not been released and the sheriff's department is investigating.

More details to follow.

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