GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Gwinnett County firefighters responded to a fire on North Bogan Road in Buford and encountered a man with a shotgun in the woods on Thursday morning.
The man never threatened firefighters nor interfered with their operations, but police were called in as a precaution.
After putting out the fire, Gwinnett police investigated reports of a man found dead on a nearby property by a neighbor.
The investigation discovered that it was the same man who firefighters had seen earlier.
The man appears to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He lived at the home that caught fire. No one else was injured.