Lt. Michael Pigott, the police officer who delivered the order to Tase emotionally disturbed Bed-Stuy resident Iman Morales — a decision that resulted in Morales falling ten feet to his death — has committed suicide on his 46th birthday:

In his suicide note, Emergency Service Unit Lt. Michael Pigott said he put a bullet into his head over fears that his three children would see him in handcuffs or behind bars, the sources said.

The note, which included pictures of Pigott’s wife and children, was left in the locker room at Emergency Service Unit headquarters in Brooklyn. Apparently, Pigott was repeatedly taunted by one of his ESU superiors with threats of being jailed.

Although he had the day off, Pigott had arrived at headquaters around 4 AM this morning (Thursday), clipped the lock off a fellow officer’s locker, removed his gun and fired it into his head. One of Iman Morales’ family members extended her condolences:

About 20 of Morales’ relatives, including his distraught mother, turned out in a Greenwich Village church Thursday for the slain man’s funeral.

His aunt, Ann DeJesus Negron, was upset by the lieutenant’s death.

“This is not something we wanted anyone else to go through,” she said after the funeral. “This really disturbs the whole family.”

The Morales family is currently suing the city of New York and the NYPD.

NYPD Lt. Michael Pigott, who ordered fatal tasering of naked man, left suicide note: It’s my fault [NY Daily News]
Earlier: Cops Tase Naked Iman Morales As He Falls To His Death, Ask “Oh, Was That Bad?”