Wayne McCullor was mowing the grass at the Travel Inn on Thursday when he spotted something unusual behind one of the motel buildings. It was a dead man.

“I saw the body,” McCullor said from the scene. “I took off.”

He told the manager of Travel Inn, who then called the police to the property at 3500 W. Main St.

The Danville Police Department received the call at around 4 p.m., Capt. Barry Creasy said.

Danville police announced late Thursday night they are treating the incident as a suicide.

"The investigation was prolonged due to key evidence being removed from the scene prior to the arrival of responding officers," a statement from the Danville Police Department read.

Police did confirm the man had what appeared to be a gunshot injury.

Investigators believe the man was staying at the hotel and may have been the owner of a late-model Volkswagen Jetta with a North Carolina license plate parked in front of a motel room.

Crime scene tape cordoned off the area at the motel where the body lie, and an investigator entered Room 161 with his gun drawn. Another investigator inspected the Volkswagen parked in front of the room.