Medical examiner: Judge found dead in office shot himself

PRINCE GEORGE, Va. (AP) - Officials say a Virginia circuit court judge found dead in his office on New Year’s Day shot himself.

Prince George County police said emergency crews discovered 60-year-old Judge Nathan Curtis Lee dead in his office at the county courthouse Sunday evening.

The state medical examiner’s office said Wednesday that Lee died of self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Lee, who was a native of Hopewell and a 6th District Circuit Court judge, had practiced law in Virginia for over 30 years. He was appointed as a circuit court judge in 2012.