UPDATE: Death believed to be from self-inflicted gunshot

Published 1:43 pm Friday, April 21, 2017

The man who was shot this afternoon at the A1 Towing & Recovery lot at 1502 E. Morris St. in Dalton has died, and investigators believe it was from a self-inflicted gunshot.

“We are investigating this as a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” according to the Dalton Police Department. “There’s a possibility that this was an accidental shooting as opposed to an intentional act on the part of the victim.”

His name has not been released.

At about 12:30 p.m., Dalton Police Department officers responded to a report of a shooting victim found in an office at the lot, according to police.

Responding officers found a male victim with an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was taken to Hamilton Medical Center. Officers secured the scene and are investigating.

“A gun has been recovered underneath a desk and a review of surveillance video shows that nobody came in or out while the other employee of the business was gone,” according to the Dalton Police Department.

Read tomorrow’s Daily Citizen for a full report.