BMX and X Games legend Dave Mirra has been found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The 41-year-old was discovered sitting in a truck by the Greenville North Carolina Police at 4pm on Thursday. Police said in a statement that Mirra was visiting friends and family in the area before the incident.
Mirra was renowned in the world of extreme sports, and until 2013, he even held the record for most X Games medals in history with 24.
Mirra is survived by his wife and two children. Earlier on Thursday, a post of Mirra and his wife appeared on Mirra's Instagram.
“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 a press release.
“He called Greenville, North Carolina home and was as humble a guy talking with kids on a street corner about bikes as he was in his element on the world stage. A young life with so much to offer was taken too soon.”
The Greenville Police Department will conduct an investigation into Mirra's death.
