JUST IN: Carroll County State's Attorney Jerry Barnes found dead in apparent suicide

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) - Authorities say the longtime top prosecutor in Carroll County is dead of an apparent suicide.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office says Jerry Barnes was found around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning at a home in Westminster with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Barnes was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The 66-year-old Barnes had served as state's attorney for Carroll County since 1994. He lost his bid for re-election in this year's Republican primary. Before his career as a prosecutor, Barnes was an Army Green Beret who earned a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam.

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