Alabama Police Officer Commits Suicide At Work
By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
November 5, 2025
DOTHAN, Ala. A police officer took his own life on Tuesday in Alabama.
Authorities are reporting that the Police Officer was found dead at the Dothan Regional Airport on Tuesday morning.
Airport Director Adam Hartzog says that an on-duty officer with the Airport Authority had taken his own life at around 9:45 a.m.
Dale County Coroner John Cawley identified the officer as 55-year-old Benny Ketchum.
Coroner Cawley said Ketchum’s body was found around 400 yards from an airport terminal, near the runway. The officer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Airport Authority is not directly connected to the Dothan Police Department.
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