GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO): A Silver Alert issued for a missing Grant County man has ended in tragic fashion.

64-year-old Henry Schneider of Marion was reported missing on Saturday, September 14th. A silver alert was issued because police believed he needed medical assistance and was in extreme danger.

Police in Grant County announced late last night that Schneider’s body was found yesterday near a wooded area in eastern Grant County.

His cause of death was ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.