Bedford Man, 23, Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross has identified the man found dead in his car in a field along Cross Cove Road and Ellis Road near Martinsburg Friday morning, Jan. 3.

According to Ross, an autopsy performed Friday at Forensic DX in Windber showed that Aaron Rose, 23, of Bedford, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Ross said Rose was on his way to work along Cross Cove Road between 3 and 4 a.m. and when he didn’t show, his employer contacted his family.

His car was found at around 8:30 a.m. in the field with the front end facing a retaining wall. Deputy Coroner Roger Oswald pr...