The apparent suicide of the disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, detective involved a firearm. The court had barred him from having one for two years.

A woman scheduled to meet with federal prosecutors next week to go over her testimony in the federal case against Roger Golubski said authorities called her Monday morning to let her know Golubski was dead.

Ex-Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski died in an apparent suicide Monday morning, the first day of his long-awaited trial, sources told The Star. The former officer was accused of using his badge as a shield to rape women and inflict broader terror in the city’s predominately Black neighborhoods.