TMZ broke the sad news that the The 29 year old actor Lee Thompson Young who played Victor Stone aka Cyborg in several episodes of the CW TV drama in a reoccurring role which seen the character developed as a member of the shows iteration of Justice League before that happened in the comics. He was also in a number of other TV roles such Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and FlashForward.

Reports have stated that gunshot wounds appear to have been self inflicted.

A sad day for Smallville fans and our thoughts go out to his loved ones at this time.