Man shoots, kills self in Washington Cemetery
Deer-watchers happened upon a disturbing sight in Washington Cemetery in North Franklin Township on Thursday night.
A mother and her young son discovered a man slumped outside of a Subaru sedan parked near a roundabout in the cemetery. Upon closer inspection, they discovered the man died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the face, according to emergency responders at the scene.
Coroner Timothy Warco confirmed the death after North Franklin police and medical personnel were called about 6:30 p.m. to the cemetery on Park Avenue.
The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was covered in a sheet outside the driver’s side door as the coroner and first responders surveyed the scene.