MANSFIELD, Mass.- A 31-year-old Mansfield man was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the Mansfield Police Department parking lot on July 27 after police received a 911 call reporting a person with a possible firearm.
At approximately 7:08 p.m., Mansfield police received the call, and a phone location ping traced the device to the parking lot of the police department.
Officers located a vehicle in the lot and observed a male inside with a firearm. The man was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
Police secured the area and requested assistance from a SWAT team. About one hour later, a drone was used to determine that the occupant of the vehicle was no longer moving.
The SWAT team entered the vehicle and found 31-year-old Manuel Casillas of Mansfield deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police seized a firearm from the hands of the deceased.
The investigation is ongoing by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office and the Mansfield Police Department.
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