A Freestone county man was found at his home in Freestone county last week dead from a reported selfinflicted gunshot wound.

The victim was Gary Lewis, 56, who lived on CR 1092.

He had sustained a gunshot wound to the left temple and was prounced dead at the scene by Peace Justice Shirley Mays, precinct four. JP Mays ruled the death a suicide.

Sheriff Ralph Billings reports that his office received a report Thursday evening that a man was dead of a gunshot wound at the rural residence. The report was made by relatives who went to check on Lewis, the sheriff says.

Deputies found the victim on the floor partially beneath a table and recovered a .410-gauge shotgun at the scene, Billings notes.

The sheriff also reports that Lewis was believed to have died a few days before his body was discovered.