CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Champaign Police Department is asking the public for help after a 45-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound near railroad tracks Wednesday morning.

Officers responded to the railroad tracks near Maple and Prairie Street around 6:12 a.m. Police officials said the victim had been dead for several hours and was beyond help when he was found. Laurie Brauer, coroner, identified the victim as Michael L. Huffman of Champaign. Brauer said he was pronounced dead at 7:02 a.m.

Police added that no 911 calls related to gunfire were made overnight, so the timing of this incident is still being investigated.

The Champaign Police Department and the Champaign County Coroner's Office are investigating. Police are still working to learn more, and anyone with additi

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