Man Found Fatally Shot In South Jersey, Prosecutor Says

MULLICA TWP., NJ — An investigation was launched after a dead body with a gunshot wound to the head was discovered on a bike path in a South Jersey town, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.

The man's body was discovered Thursday at about 6 a.m. at the bike path area between Aleta Road and Locust Street in Mullica Township, authorities said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death was homicide, officials said.

The investigation is ongoing.