Fatal gunshot wound self-inflicted: Accomack Sheriff

Carol Vaughn | The Daily Times

A man found Sunday fatally wounded in his truck in Pungoteague died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Accomack County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office received reports from the Maryland State Police that a subject having suicidal thoughts was traveling in a white GMC pickup truck, according to Accomack Sheriff Todd E. Godwin.

Deputies located the truck near the intersection of Bobtown Road and Pungoteague Road at 3:23 p.m. Sunday, and found inside a 23-year-old Maryland man suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The victim's body was transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Norfolk.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing. Anyone with information on this or any other incident is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office at (757) 787-1131 or (757) 824-5666, or tips may be submitted through our website at accomackcountysheriffsoffice.org.

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