MORGAN HILL — A man is in the hospital after he shot himself in the head in his car in the parking lot of a popular shopping center Tuesday morning, according to Morgan Hill police.

Police were called at 9:38 a.m. by someone reporting a possible dead body in a vehicle in the southeast parking lot of Tennant Station, outside a movie theater and bowling alley, police said.

Responding officers found a 64-year-old man with a “solo gunshot wound to the head,” police said. Emergency personnel detected vital signs, and rushed him to the hospital, where he remains.

Sgt. Bill Norman said the shooting appears to be a suicide attempt, and poses no public safety issues to the community.

Anyone with information about the case contact Norman at 669 253-4982 or bill.norman@morganhill.ca.gov or Capt. Emil Kokesh at emil.kokesh@morganhill.ca.gov.

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