Emergency personnel were called to Goleta Beach County Park on Tuesday after a man was found dead in a vehicle, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s deputies and county firefighters responded at about 9:15 a.m., and discovered the victim deceased in his car, said Kelly Hoover, a sheriff’s spokeswoman.
“He was the apparent victim of a gunshot wound,” Hoover said. “The death appears to be a suicide but is pending a full coroner’s investigation.”
The man’s name was not being released pending notification of relatives, Hoover said.
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