Name withheld by police

Suicide

At about 10 p.m., deputies responded to a Hesper residence after caller reported a man was threatening to kill himself. The deputies attempted to contact the man on his cell phone, but were unsuccessful. The deputies called for backup from the county's special response team when they heard what they thought could be a gunshot. Officers reportedly found the man behind his house, suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.