Man found dead in parking lot, police investigating

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El Dorado Police are investigating a man’s death after finding him dead in a vehicle early Tuesday morning.

Lt. Andrew Russell read from a press release that around 2:48 a.m. police observed a vehicle parked on the south side of the parking lot on West Eighth Street and North West Avenue for some time.

When police approached the vehicle they saw an unresponsive white male suffering from a gunshot wound inside.

The officers alerted medical services and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Russell said the investigation was turned over to the department’s criminal division and the body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.

Russell said the man is a contractor from Louisiana, but his identity is not being released pending family notification, and no more information is available at this time.

This is a developing story. The News-Times will continue to update as more information becomes available.

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