Police are investigating a shooting inside a Walnut Street home.

BRIDGEWATER – Detectives are investigating a fatal shooting inside a home Monday morning.

Police and firefighters responded to a 500-block Walnut Street home after receiving a 911 call about 7:20 a.m. A family member told police a man had shot himself.

"It is a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound," police Lt. Thomas Schlatz said.

Bridgewater police detectives and state police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County district attorney's office's Crime Prevention and Control Unit are investigating.

The identity and age of the victim weren't immediately available.