Updated: Man found dead in Ypsilanti Township with gunshot wound

By Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Posted on Fri, Feb 4, 2011 : 7:44 a.m.

A man was found dead late Thursday in an industrial area in eastern Ypsilanti Township with at least one gunshot wound, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said.

An autopsy is underway on the man, who has not yet been identified, officials at the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's Office said at 3 p.m. today.

Someone found the body in the snow at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, sheriff's department spokesman Derrick Jackson said. He did not know where the body was found or how long it had been there, he said.

The death is under investigation. Sheriff Jerry Clayton could not be reached for comment this afternoon.

Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Department tip line at (734) 973-7711.