An Abingdon man was found shot after Harford County sheriff's deputies tried to serve a warrant for child support, according to the sheriff's office.

On Tuesday afternoon, deputies attempting to serve a $4,000 Bureau of Support Enforcement warrant on Ralph Wayne Beakley, 53, at his home in the 3200 block of Philadelphia Road heard several loud pops similar to gunfire as they approached his home, according to the sheriff's office.

There was no response from inside the house, so deputies had to get a search warrant to enter. Specialized units, including the crisis negotiation team, the special response unit and the Harford County Office of Mental Health, responded, and traffic along Philadelphia Road between Route 24 and Route 543 was interrupted as a result.

At 10:30 p.m., deputies entered the home and conducted a room-by-room search. They found Beakley, already dead with several gunshot wounds to the upper torso. He was alone in the house; investigators believe Beakley's death was a suicide.