DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona Beach Police Department said Thursday that a man who was found fatally shot in a car Wednesday morning at an apartment complex killed himself.
Police said they were called at about 8:30 a.m. to the Wedgewood apartments at Mason Avenue and Bill France Boulevard after the man’s body was discovered in the driver’s seat of a Kia that was still running.
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Investigators said the man was in his mid-20s, but they did not publicly identify him.
They said he died at the scene after being shot in the head.
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Police said they discovered a scale and a gun in the car.
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