HARTLEY, Iowa (KTIV) - A Hartley, Iowa, man is dead after a reported shooting Wednesday.

According to the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a shooting at 3283 Yew Avenue near Hartley, Iowa on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 3:37 p.m.

Hartley Police and Hartley Ambulance arrived on scene at 3:43 p.m. Authorities say the first O’Brien County deputy arrived on the scene at 3:49 p.m.

According to the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office, first responders found Robert Leroy Peters Jr. of Hartley, Iowa with a gunshot wound to the head.

Peters was transported the Spencer Hospital by Hartley Ambulance, with assistance from Spencer paramedics. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

His body has been sent to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

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