Man Believed to Be JetBlue Pilot Facing Child Sex Charges Shoots, Kills Self at Mass. Train Station

A man believed to be a JetBlue pilot facing child sex abuse charges shot and killed himself this morning as officers approached him at a Massachusetts train station.

Jeremy Gudorf, 33, of Ohio, was facing a second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor charge in North Carolina, according to a statement from the Massachusetts State Police; he had missed a court date.

Officials from the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section found the man — believed to be Gudorf — parked at the Wonderland train station in Revere on Friday morning.

As officers approached his vehicle, the man pulled out a gun and “abruptly shot himself,” per the statement.

Though officers on the scene rendered first aid, the man was pronounced dead by the time he reached the local hospital. State Police believe the man to be Gudorf, but he has not yet officially been identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Gudorf had been placed on indefinite leave from his job after he was arrested on a Boston plane immediately before it took off for Paris on Feb. 20.

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Gudorf was taken into custody on the Boston plane because of an outstanding sexual exploitation of a minor charge in North Carolina, and was later charged in Massachusetts as a fugitive from justice.

The alleged exploitation occurred in October 2024 when Gudorf lived in Huntersville, North Carolina, per a statement from the town’s local Police Department.