WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. -- An autopsy finds a former
Wisconsin Rapids police lieutenant suspected of child enticement killed himself
with a nail gun. Wood County Deputy Coroner Gabe Holczer said Steven Lowe,
41, shot himself in the chest with the construction tool "multiple times"
just days after being arrested. Lowe was found dead in his pickup truck Monday morning at
his home in Grand Rapids. He died of multiple wounds from the nail gun, the
deputy coroner told WAOW-TV. Lowe was suspended by Wisconsin Rapids police officials
earlier this month and then resigned from the force. Court documents say Lowe
was accused of impersonating a teenage girl online to try to get juvenile boys
to send him nude pictures.
