French Police Commissioner Shot Himself Dead In Limoges, France

A French police commissioner has reportedly taken his own life after meeting the relatives of a victim murdered in the Charlie Hebdo massacre. 

Helric Fredou, 45, shot himself in his office on Wednesday night in Limoges, a city in central France. according to France 3. 

Commissioner Fredou began his career as a police office in 1997 and had been the deputy director of the regional police since 2012.

Colleagues told France 3 he was 'depressed' and overworked and said he was single and had no children.

Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi shot 12 people dead at the Charlie Hebdo offices on Wednesday before seeking refuge in a print works.

They were killed on Friday afternoon during a shoot-out with police, as was their alleged accomplice, Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages at a kosher supermarket in Paris.

The Union of National Police Commissioners has expressed its 'sincere condolences' over Commissioner Fredou's death and said they were thinking especially of his colleagues.