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Authorities have identified a Nashua man found dead after being shot.The Des Moines Register reports that 56-year-old Karl Phillip White was shot in his Nashua home around 4:30 p.m. Saturday.Autopsy results have determined White's official cause of death was a gunshot wound. No criminal charges have been filed in the case.The person who fired the weapon has been identified by authorities but hasn't been publicly named.A preliminary investigation indicates it may have been an accidental discharge by another person, but the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is still looking into the case.