Sister Finds Brother Dead in Publix Parking Lot

A Dacula family is morning the loss of a 25-year-old family member who is believed to have committed suicide on Tuesday, July 3, in the Mulberry Village Publix parking lot.

Just after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, the man's sister called police to report finding her brother's body. According to the police report, the brother left the residence earlier that day but did not tell anyone where he was going. After attempts to reach her brother by phone failed, the sister went out looking for him and found him dead inside his vehicle in the Publix parking lot.

The deceased was located in the driver's seat holding a silver revolver in his hand and had what the officer described in the report as an apparent gunshot wound to the head.

The medical examiner was called to the scene to investigate what police have labeled a suicide. The police investigation is closed.

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