Police are investigating the death of a 39-year-old Police Constable found unconscious in his Kwai Chung home this morning with a gunshot wound to the chest.

His wife found him about 1.45am with his service revolver on the ground next to him.

He was sent to Yan Chai Hospital where he died at 2.22am.

A post-mortem examination confirmed he died of the gunshot wound.