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Juan Carlos Lozano
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor
HART — The death of 33-year-old teacher Juan Carlos Lozano of New Era has been determined to be a suicide, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast.
“It’s been deemed on his death certificate and through our investigation as self-inflicted,” said Sheriff Mast. “We have no evidence to the contrary.”
The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office initially investigated Lozano’s death as “suspicious.”
Lozano was found dead on private property in the 5800 block of West Taylor Road in Mears, May 1, after Mason-Oceana 911 received a call asking for help. His injuries were consistent with a gunshot wound. “A handgun was recovered at the scene,” said Mast.
Lozano, who was a seventh grade math teacher at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, Michigan, grew up in Shelby and was a 2009 graduate of Shelby High School. He worked as a substitute teacher in Oceana County before working in Wyoming. In 2015, he was named Michigan student teacher of the year.
Editor’s Note: It is typically the practice of OCP to only report on suicides when there is a public element to the tragedy. Examples would include suicides that occur in public (on public property or on property that is frequented by the public), or may have involved putting others in danger. In this particular case, the suicide occurred on private property, but the sheriff’s office initially reported it, in a press release, as “suspicious.” We have a professional duty to follow-up on stories that we report on and we believe it was appropriate to report on the cause of Mr. Lozano’s death. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends.
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