(L.A.) Darren Harris, 56, Ended His Life

Case Number: 2023-15228

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 56-year-old White/Caucasian male that occurred at his residence in Santa Clarita.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Darren Harris.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Head

RIP DARREN HARRIS (December 3, 1966 – November 6, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 9:33 a.m.

The decedent was an active-duty commander of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. He was a former spokesman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station who was then promoted to become a lieutenant in the Sheriff’s Information Bureau, and then a captain who led the department’s transportation services.

Harris was one of four LASD employees who killed themselves over a 24-hour period, in seemingly unrelated instances.