May: ‘Rural Austin man’s death a suicide’
Published 9:32 am Thursday, December 12, 2019
- A Mower County Sheriff’s Department squad is parked outside of an apartment building north of Austin Wednesday morning as authortities investigate a fatal shooting that occured late Tuesday evening. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Firearm used was found underneath body
The death of a 41-year-old rural Austin man who died during a Tuesday night domestic situation has been ruled a suicide.
According to Mower County Chief Deputy Mark May, Mower County deputies and Austin police officers responded to a domestic assault situation at about 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday at an apartment complex in the 24000 block of 540th Avenue in rural Austin. A resident at the apartment said that a firearm was brandished during the assault.
The man, whose identity has not been released, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, May said. He was dead by the time law enforcement arrived.
Law enforcement found the firearm under the man’s body.
