MINNEAPOLIS — Police said a man was found dead inside a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound in south Minneapolis.

Authorities said witnesses reported gunshots and that a vehicle crashed early Saturday morning into an Interstate 35W wall near the 4500 block of Stevens Avenue South.

Minneapolis police responded shortly before 3 a.m. and found the man in a vehicle. Police believe the victim and the suspect knew each other, but said no one was in custody.

Police said the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the name of the deceased and the cause of his death.