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One dead after Fort Wayne house fire

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): A man’s death in an early morning house fire has been ruled a suicide.

The Fort Wayne Fire Department reports that they were called to a home on Normandale Drive, near the intersection of West Coliseum Blvd and Newaygo Road, at about 12:50am to find the two-story home engulfed in flames.

A man, 53-year old Mark Allen Schuette, was found lying in the back yard of the home. The Allen County Coroner’s Office says his cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

The incident is still under investigation.

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