EAST RUTHERFORD — Former Bergen County Prosecutor and assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Fahy was found dead Wednesday under the Bergen Line bridge over Route 17.

He died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, East Rutherford Police Chief Larry Minda said.

Two men found his body at about 5 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said. Police closed Route 17 southbound while they investigated the scene.

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An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday. Molinelli said investigators don't suspect foul play.

Police have recovered a handgun at the scene, Molinelli said.

Fahy appeared to have walked to the underpass, as his vehicle was found at his Rutherford home.

Fahy was the Bergen County Prosecutor from 1990 to 1995, and was a former assistant U.S. Attorney in Newark. He also served as the Carlstadt municipal attorney and was a partner in his firm Fahy-Choi in Rutherford.

Update: Former prosecutor John Fahy dead at 58