Coroner Responds To Lake Elsinore Lincoln Street Park Area

LAKE ELSINORE, CA —One person was found with a fatal gunshot wound near a Lake Elsinore park Tuesday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

Shortly before 12:15 p.m., deputies arrived at Lincoln Street and Terra Cotta Street in Lake Elsinore on reports of a suspicious person, Sgt. Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez told Patch.

Deputies swarmed the scene and asked residents to avoid the intersection of Lincoln and Terra Cotta streets to Etienne Street during the police activity.

"Upon arrival, deputies located a male subject who already sustained injuries consistent with a gunshot wound," she said.

It was believed the gunshot was self-inflicted.

"The man was pronounced deceased at the scene," she said, and his identity was not immediately released.

This incident is being investigated as a suicide and is ongoing. No additional information is available.