LEESBURG — Police have confirmed that the man whose body was found in the water near a dock at Herlong Park in Leesburg Tuesday morning committed suicide.

Police said they found a long suicide note in his pickup truck at the park, which is on the north side of U.S. Highway 441 just east of Canal Street.

The man, who has not been identified, shot himself. Police were still searching for the gun in the water Tuesday afternoon.

The body had been damaged by alligators.