MENTOR, Ohio -- A 76-year-old Mentor man died after he shot himself inside a gun shop Friday, police said.

Police and firefighters responded to a report of man with a gunshot wound at Point Blank Range and Gun Shop, 5957 Heisley Road, at 2:58 p.m., according to a Mentor police news release issued Saturday.

They found the man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The unidentified man was taken to TriPoint Hospital, where he died, the release states.

The man's identity had not been released as of Saturday morning.

"I am very heartbroken," gun shop owner David Holtz said in a phone interview with cleveland.com Saturday. "We are fully cooperating with Mentor police."

Holtz referred all questions to police.

Police will not say if the man was a customer or employee at Point Blank.

Details about the gunshot wound were not provided.

The shooting is still under investigation.

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