Officials are investigating the death of a north Alabama man as a homicide, according to the Marshall County Coroner’s Office.

Marshall County Coroner Cody Nugent released a statement on Facebook saying that Millard Jerry Anderson, 69, was found with a gunshot wound Tuesday morning in Albertville’s Asbury Community.

Nugent said the coroner’s office and the Marshall County Sheriff’s office are investigating the death as a homicide as part of their policy.

“The case is still under investigation and until the investigation is complete and as part of our policy it is being treated as a homicide, until deemed otherwise,” Nugent said.

“Investigators are working with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville on the investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.”