Crime & Safety
Coroner Identifies Man Shot in Fire Station Parking Lot
A man who died of a gunshot wound Monday in Mission Viejo has been identified.
Authorities have identified the man found shot dead in a Mission Viejo fire station parking lot Monday evening.
Mission Viejo resident John Melvin Chipman, 83, died of an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound," Orange County Sheriff's Department Supervisor Jeff Williams confirmed Tuesday.
Chipman was found around 6:30 p.m. Monday at Fire Station 24, 25862 Marguerite Pkwy.
If you are contemplating suicide, you can get help by calling the Didi Hirsch Suicide Crisis Line: 1-877-727-4747.
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