Southfield police are investigating after the body of a man with a gunshot wound was found Sunday morning in a parking lot after a suspect fled the scene.
At about 10:14 a.m. Sunday police and fire personnel responded to a report of a person lying in a parking lot in the 25000 block of Shiawassee Road, according to a release from the Southfield Police Department.
The victim was dead with what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to the head, police said.
The suspect, who fled the scene in an unknown direction, was described as a man about 6 feet tall with a beard who was wearing a black hat, police said.
The preliminary investigation indicates the suspect knew the victim and there appears to be no threat to the public, police said.
Southfield police ask anyone with information about the incident to contact the department at (248) 796-5500.