GULFPORT, Mississippi -- Hours after he was due to appear in federal court on corruption charges, the body of Harrison County Supervisor William Martin was found in his Gulfport home -- dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove.
Hargrove said indications are the time of death was sometime in the early morning hours Thursday.
Martin was scheduled to meet with court personnel early Thursday morning and was scheduled for an 11 a.m. hearing in federal court. A federal indictment against Martin was unsealed Thursday, outlining bribery and obstruction charges.
When Martin didn't appear at the federal courthouse in Gulfport as scheduled, U.S. Magistrate John Gargiulo issued a warrant for his arrest.
Late this morning, emergency and law enforcement personnel, including Hargrove, were called to Martin's home.
Martin had been a Harrison County supervisor since 1999.
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