WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) - Sheriff’s officials in Madison County are investigating as a homicide the death of a man whose body was found at a rural intersection.
The body was found around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of two rural roads southwest of Winterset, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Jason Barnes said a passerby called 911 to report a man down in the intersection, and deputies arrived to find the man dead.
Authorities identified the man Wednesday night as Jonathan Michael Hoffman, 39, of Des Moines. He died of a gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office said.
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