The male identified as a person of interest in the murder of 15-year-old Nia Savage, on Valentine's Day, was found dead in Eslava Creek in Mobile Wednesday morning.

The Mobile Police Department said at approximately 7:35 a.m. officers responded to Eslava Creek on McVay Drive in reference to a male body discovered floating in the water.

Mobile police identified the deceased male to possibly be the person of interest in reference to the ongoing homicide investigation of Savage.

Savage was found shot in her home on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in the 500 block of Crenshaw Street. Mobile police and the Mobile Fire-Rescue crews responded to the home and transported Savage to a local hospital, where she later died from her injuries.

Savage's brother, 22-year-old Andrew Thomas, said at the time of the shooting, no one was in the room with Savage and her teen boyfriend.

After a few days of searching for the male person of interest in the homicide, Mobile police reported that the gun used in the homicide might have been stolen during a Mardi Gras parade.

The MPD said the body of the male person of interest was transported to Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy.

A woman, who lives next to Eslava Creek, did not want to be identified, described the scene near her home earlier this morning.

"A city worker found him this morning, and I could hear them saying they thought he might have shot himself," said the woman. "A woman standing next to me kept saying, 'It's Man-Man. He shot himself.' "

The woman said another man at the scene identified himself as the male person of interest's grandfather.

"He said they tried to get him to turn himself in, but they kind of figured it might be him since they hadn't seen him," said the woman.

No additional details on the discovery were made available by police at this time.