Body found outside Wal-Mart

Henry County police said a body was found Saturday outside a Wal-Mart in Stockbridge.

Authorities said they were trying to determine whether the victim was killed or had committed suicide.

The body was found in a van outside the store on Hudson Bridge Road. It had a gunshot wound to the head and may have been there for as many as five days.

Authorities did not say whether the victim was a man or woman.

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