STATESVILLE, N.C. — Police said a man died of a self-inflict gunshot wound in the parking lot of the Statesville Police Department.
Officers said they saw a vehicle in the parking lot with the driver slumped over the steering wheel.
EMS responded to the report and declared the man deceased, according to police.
Police identified the victim as Tracy Allen Knight who was previously charged with three counts of third-degree child exploitation on Friday, Sept. 24.
The department said it received a cyber TipLine report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) on August 2 regarding five files of child pornography, which led to Knight's arrest Friday.