HAYWARD — A man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday morning at Garin Regional Park said East Bay Regional Park District police who are classifying the death as a suicide.

The man was a 46-year-old East Bay resident who had been reported missing earlier in the day. His name was not released.

Police were told the man had been suffering from depression recently.

He was found dead outside his parked vehicle just after 7 a.m. Thursday in the Dry Creek Staging Area of the park, which is in the 1300 block of Garin Avenue.

Officials put out an alert about 7:25 a.m. saying the area would be closed for at least three hours while police investigate and it was reopened by 10:30 a.m..