Games medalist Peterson kills himself

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, who won a silver medal in freestyle skiing aerials at the 2010 Winter Olympics, has been found dead in an apparent suicide, Utah police said on Tuesday.

The Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake said Peterson called 911 emergency services before shooting himself on Monday evening.

"He called 911 and said he was going to kill himself," lieutenant Justin Hoyal, a spokesman for the Unified Police Department, told the Salt Lake Tribune.