Authorities in Faribault say a death that was considered suspicious is now considered a homicide.

Faribault Chief of Police John Sherwin provided an update Tuesday afternoon, a day after the department found a man dead during a welfare check.

Police say officers were dispatched to a welfare check at a home on the 20 block of Mitchell Drive at around 2:15 p.m. Monday. Once officers entered the house, they found a man dead.

Sherwin said as the investigation went into Tuesday, investigators determined that the man’s death was due to “homicidal violence.”

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim Wednesday as 76-year-old Gary Robert Lehmeyer.

The chief said officers also put out an alert for the victim’s vehicle after realizing it wasn’t at the home and quickly learned that it was in possession of a law enforcement agency in Iowa.

While no arrests have been made at this time, police don’t believe it was a random crime.

Sherwin asked anyone who may have seen something suspicious in the city over the past weekend, particularly in the southwest part of the city, to call police at 507-334-4305.

The Faribault Police Department has asked for assistance from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to help process the home for evidence and determine the exact nature of what occurred.

The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office will release the identity of the man and a final cause of death at a later time.