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A Montgomery Village man was found shot to death Tuesday morning and police are investigating whether he committed suicide or someone else pulled the trigger.

A woman called 9-1-1 shortly after 2 a.m. to report that her friend had shot himself, according to Lt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County Police spokesman. Police and Fire Rescue Services found Emmanuel Anthony Francis, 20, in the bedroom of a friend's house in the 20100 block of Welbeck Terrace in Montgomery Village with an apparent gunshot wound, according to a police statement. He was pronounced dead at the house despite life-saving efforts, police said.

His family could not be reached for comment.

A male acquaintance was in the room with Francis, who lived in another house in the same block, when the gun was fired, Starks said. There were no obvious signs of a struggle, he said. The Medical Examiner's Office in Baltimore will conduct an autopsy. The incident is under investigation.

Francis pleaded guilty to theft under $100 in Montgomery County District Court in 2007 and given a suspended sentence, according to an online state court records database. He was charged with driving or attempting to drive on a highway without a license and authorization March 27 and was due to appear in court next month, according to the database. He was also charged with marijuana possession and possession with the intent to distribute in Prince George's County on March 13 and was due to go on trial in December, according to the database.