LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a burning northeast Kansas home as a homicide.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim Monday as 34-year-old Joel Wales, of Eudora. He was found Friday after deputies arrived at the home south of Lawrence on Friday night following reports of gunshots.

No one else was inside the home. Authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward.

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DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspicions death. Just after 9a.m. Friday, Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 1100 Block of East 1200 Road to a residential fire with the sound of gunshots, according to a media release.

Due to the fire, deputies were unable to enter the house. Fire crews extinguished the blaze and found the body of a man identified as 34-year-old Joel Wales. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to deputies. There were no others found inside the home.

Deputies have not released his cause of death or what prompted the gunshots or started. Some of the roads in the area were temporarily closed Saturday. The death is considered suspicious.

Deputies released no additional information on Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Douglas County Sheriff’s office.