- November 1, 2024
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Palm Coast resident Louis Stephen Mamakos, 85, died by suicide in his home on Boxwood Lane in Palm Coast Jan. 28.
Mamakos had been taken to AdventHealth Palm Coast under a Baker Act two weeks before. He was released Jan. 18.
Deputies and paramedics arrived at the home Jan. 28 after a resident called the emergency dispatch center at 11:53 a.m. and said that Mamakos had shot himself and appeared to be dead.
Mamakos appeared to be breathing when deputies arrived, but died soon after, according to a deputy's report.
An arriving deputy asked Mamakos' wife and son if the firearms they gave the Sheriff's Office for safekeeping when Mamakos had been Baker Acted had been returned. They said no: There was another firearm in the house that they had not known he had.
"They stated that Louis was still suffering from extreme pain and doctors had still been unable to get his pain to a manageable/tolerable level," a deputy wrote in an incident report. "[The family members] stated that they did not know that there were any other firearms in the home," and that they "did not think that Louis would ever take this type of action."
Mamakos' wife and son had been watching television in the home when Mamakos shot himself, according to the report.
