BMX icon Dave Mirra dead at 41 in apparent suicide: police (Reuters)

(Reuters) – BMX bike icon Dave Mirra died on Thursday after apparently shooting himself, police said. Mirra, 41, was found dead in a truck in Greenville, North Carolina where he lived at about 4 p.m., the Greenville Police Department said in a statement. “We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift,” Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas said in the statement.