John Rossi, pharmacist and co-owner of Bay Ridge’s Lowen’s pharmacy shot and killed himself in an apparent suicide attempt last evening , reports the Daily News.
Lowen’s, the Bay Ridge Pharmacy co-owned with Rossi by Julius Nasso (son of J. Nasso sr. one time movie producer, turned convicted Steven Segal extortionist) found itself in the midst of an investigation into a bi-coastal, multi-million dollar steroid trafficking ring last summer, when in May over $100,000 were seized from the landmark Bay Ridge pharmacy. Only in October to have over $1million in anabolic growth hormones seized along with equipment, and a number of prescriptions reported to implicate everyone from athletes, entertainers, to cops and bodybuilders as Lowen’s clients.

The medical examiner is labeling the death of Rossi a suicide, ‘despite the number of shots found in the room, but gave no details.’

Rossi reportedly died of gunshot wounds to the chest and head.

Police sources saying, ‘he wanted to make sure.’

Rossi was found face down in his second floor apartment above the business last evening, with cotton in his ears, the fatal shot in the side of his head, open bottle of pills, Jack Daniels, a note that said ‘please forgive me’ – and the licensed .380 Berretta.

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