SEAL Team Four commander in Afghanistan 'commits suicide': Married father is found shot dead

• Commander John W Price, 42, oversaw SEAL Team Four, which was training Afghan police in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
• Father of a young daughter Jillian, 9, is also survived by his wife Stephanie
• SEALs have suffered heavy casualties in Afghanistan

The leader of Navy SEAL Team Four, one of the most senior commanders in the elite world of special operations, has died after apparently committing suicide in Afghanistan, it was reported today.

Commander John W Price, 42, was found dead in his quarters with a gunshot wound on Saturday - just three days before Christmas.

Cmdr Price was based in Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia, near Norfolk and had been in the military for more than 23 years.