Man found dead in car in Ferguson, Mo.

FERGUSON, Mo. - Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead in a car in Ferguson, Mo. Tuesday, less than a mile away from the apartment complex where Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, reports CBS affiliate KMOV.

Police are calling the death a homicide, though wouldn't say how the man died, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

St. Louis County Police say a man was found dead in a parked car in the 9400 block of Glen Owen around 9 a.m., according to the station.

Pictures from the scene appear to show a white sedan with its window shot out.

Richard Taylor, who lives near where the body was found, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he saw four people with guns outside of his apartment Monday night who were talking about looting and saying they wanted to kill someone.

Taylor reportedly said he called police after he overheard those people, but they never showed up.

It was not immediately clear whether the death is related to unrest that followed the grand jury's decision Monday not to indict Wilson on any criminal charge stemming from Brown's death. However, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told the paper he couldn't discount that the death was linked to nearby rioting on West Florissant Avenue.