Spokane police: Man died from accidental gunshot

A man who died from a gunshot wound in a car Saturday appears to have accidentally shot himself, Spokane Police detectives said today. The shooting happened in the East Central Neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. “Investigators believe this to be an isolated incident and there is no danger to the community,” police Cpl. Jordan Ferguson said in a news release. Police recovered a handgun in the vehicle. The identity of the victim and the cause of death will be released by the Spokane County Medical Examiner, Ferguson said. The man was found in a car that stopped in a driving lane of Fifth Avenue east of Magnolia Street. An officer found the man unresponsive and discovered a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.