Body found in car at Poplar beach

The body of a man with a single gunshot wound to the head was found at Poplar Beach Wednesday morning, reports the County Times.

The police officer was conducting a regular patrol of the Poplar Beach parking lot on Wednesday morning at 4:25 a.m. when he came across a car with a white male inside, slumped back on the reclining driver’s seat. The man, a 40-year-old resident of Santa Clara whose name has not yet been released, appeared to have died of a single gunshot wound, O’Keefe said.

Police said they believe the shot was self-inflicted. O’Keefe cited as evidence the fact that the car doors were locked and a handgun was found inside. The man’s wallet and keys were with him and had not been stolen, he said.