Former Fox Employee Kills Himself Outside News Corp Building

Phillip Perea, 41, had previously worked at Fox affiliate in Austin, Texas

January 26, 2015 @ 9:33 AM

Updated, 10:04amPT, January 26th

TheWrap has obtained an internal memo sent by CEO of Fox Television Stations, Jack Abernethy.

To All Employees-

This morning, a former employee at FOX 7-KTBC (Austin) committed suicide outside FOX Television Stations’ (FTS) headquarters in New York City. He was employed at our Austin television station for ten months and has not been with the station or FTS since June 2014. We are deeply saddened by this tragedy.

Jack Abernethy

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A former Fox employee shot and killed himself outside of Fox News’ New York City headquarters Monday, according to multiple media reports.

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