A Winston-Salem police officer was found dead inside his home this morning with an apparent gunshot wound in his head, authorities said.
Officers went to the home of Cpl. Kent Alan Alridge at 10:30 a.m. after Alridge didn't report for duty, Winston-Salem police said in a statement.
Alridge, 44, of 5330 Alamo Drive joined the Winston-Salem Police Department in November 1988 after working two years as city firefighter, the police said.
Alridge's body was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center for an autopsy. The police department is investigating the circumstances that led to his death.
As a police officer, Alridge worked in the department's field-services bureau and criminal-investigations division.
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