Crime-sceneAuthorities are investigating the death of a Dayton man. Webster County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to a home in the 200 block of Eighth Street Southwest in Dayton on Tuesday after a report was received of an unresponsive man.

The man was found to be dead from a gunshot wound. He is identified as 55-year-old Roger Alan Brown. An autopsy is planned by the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office. The State Division of Criminal Investigation is assisting in the case.

(Reporting by Pat Powers, KQWC, Webster City)