CLERMONT – Police on Tuesday identified a 71-year-old man who shot himself outside their police station Monday morning as Francis Santoriello.

Clermont police Sgt. Shane Strickland said Santoriello, who lived in King's Ridge in Clermont with his wife, called the department's non-emergency line about 11:30 a.m. Monday threatening to "end it all."

Strickland said Santoriello mentioned medical issues and told the operator he was standing near the dumpster at the 3600 S. U.S. Highway 27 police building.

Strickland said officers inside the building then heard a gunshot, ran outside and found the man on the north side of the building dead.

It's not clear why he shot himself at the station. Strickland said he doesn't know of any prior history between Clermont police and Santoriello.