Nyah Adams / News Director

The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office says a man found dead in a field Friday, October 1st was shot.

A witness who drove past the scene says they called the police and said the man appeared to be “shot and deceased.”

When deputies arrived to the scene around 5:30 p.m. they found the man dead with a vehicle parked nearby.

Both the autopsy and the scene revealed that the injuries appear to be self-inflicted. This is an ongoing investigation and authorities say there is no danger to the public.