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An NYPD sergeant who rose to fame when she was photographed with President Obama during a 9/11 anniversary wreath ceremony last year was found dead in an apparent suicide at her Long Island home Tuesday, sources said.

The body of Sgt. Stephanie Moses, 40, was found in her Baldwin home in the early afternoon with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the sources said.

The 17-year veteran was a member of the department’s ceremonial unit.

“On behalf of the New York City Police Department, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Stephanie Moses, who was, on so many occasions, the face of the NYPD on the national stage as well as routinely at police ceremonies,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

“She epitomized professionalism in her appearance, conduct and dedication to duty. The department has suffered a great loss today that is felt personally by the many who knew and respected Sgt. Moses.”

Ed Mullins, head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said the tragic death was “baffling.”

“This is a tragic loss,” he said. “She was just a great person. Always laughing, always chipper. It’s just baffling.”

“She was a person who was on the right track,” he added. “That’s why it’s so shocking.”