BATTLE CREEK, MI - Police found a 59-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head Thursday inside a vehicle parked next to Battle Creek Police headquarters, authorities said.

Officers discovered the man, whose name has not been released, at about 9:15 a.m., next to the police department at 20 N. Division St. in downtown Battle Creek, according to a news release issued by the agency.

Police said in the news release "it appears that the gunshot wound was self inflicted."

The man was taken from the scene by ambulance to a Kalamazoo hospital, police said. An update on his condition was not immediately available Thursday.

Police are continuing to investigate.

Rex Hall Jr. is a public safety reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. You can reach him at rhall2@mlive.com. Follow him on Twitter.