The Palm Coast Fire Department is mourning the loss of Zachary Shane Mahaney, a 43-year-old former firefighter who spent a year with the department until last June. He died by a self-inflicted gunshot on Sept. 25 or 26 in Ormond Beach after going missing from his parents’ home on Sept. 25.
Mahaney, the father of two children, had a 12-year career with Sumter County Fire Rescue before taking the job as a firefighter-paramedic in Palm Coast.
“We are heartbroken to learn of Zach’s passing,” Lt. Patrick Juliano of the Palm Coast Fire Department wrote in a statement. “Zach’s smile and personality could light up a room. He was an admired husband, loving father, friend and brother to all those who he met.”…