A JETBLUE pilot who was facing child sex charges has fatally shot himself in the parking lot of a bustling train station.
Jeremy Gudorf, 33, was seated in a parked car when he turned a gun on himself after being approached by Massachusetts State Police at the Wonderland MBTA station in Revere, just outside Boston.
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Gudorf, a JetBlue pilot, was arrested at Boston’s Logan Airport as he was ready to fly to Paris on February 20Getty Images – Getty
Gudorf had an outstanding warrant and was being searched by state and local police, as well as US Marshals, before he fatally shot himself on Friday, according to CBS affiliate WBZ-TV.
“When they approached the man seated in his vehicle, he revealed a firearm and abruptly shot himself,” Massachusetts State Police told the outlet.
Gudorf was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The disgraced pilot was arrested at Boston’s Logan Airport on February 20 as he was getting ready to board a flight to Paris.
He was a crew member on the JetBlue flight to France.
US Customs and Border Protection were notified that Gudorf had an arrest warrant in Huntersville, North Carolina, for second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
Investigators in Huntersville launched a probe into Gudorf in October 2024 after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Authorities obtained a search warrant for Google during their investigation, which allegedly led them to find sexual exploitation images linked to Gudorf.
However, at the time, Gudorf was residing in Xenia, Ohio, about an hour northeast of Cincinnati.
At his hearing on February 21, Gudorf’s attorney told a judge his client intended to travel back to North Carolina to answer the warrant.
Prosecutors asked a judge to hold Gudorf without bond because of his status as a pilot.
“He is a commercial pilot, the warrant is obviously out of North Carolina and he resides in the state of Ohio,” Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Kyle Neyman said at the time.
“So for those reasons, we ask that he be held without bail and surrender his passport.”
Gudorf was released on $10,000 bond with the condition that he turn himself in to authorities at North Carolina by February 25.
JetBlue had placed Gudorf on indefinite leave following his arrest.
“We are aware of and closely reviewing the arrest of one of our pilots upon reporting for work at Boston’s Logan Airport Thursday evening due to an outstanding,” JetBlue said in a statement at the time.
“The pilot has been placed on indefinite leave as law enforcement proceeds with the matter.”
It’s unclear if Gudorf ever made the trip to Huntersville, however, a warrant was out for his arrest at the time of his death, according to WBZ-TV.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
Jeremy Gudorf was a crew member on the JetBlue flight to ParisGetty Images – Getty Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
