AMAZONIA, Mo. — A gunshot to the head ended the life of a young man found Saturday on a gravel road between Interstate 29 and Savannah’s new water works.

The department received a 911 call at 6 p.m. that two white men were dumping a body on County Road 417, north of Amazonia, said Andrew County Sheriff Bryan Atkins.

The Andrew County Sheriff’s Department, along with crime scene investigators from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and officers from the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department and the Savannah Police Department, sealed off the scene.

The department believes the site where the body was found is likely where the death occurred, Mr. Atkins said.

After the shooting, the body was dumped on the north side of County Rode 417 about a quarter-mile from Missouri Route T. The coroner pronounced the victim dead at the scene, and the body will be taken to the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s office in Kansas City.

Investigators remained on the scene at 10 p.m. Saturday and still hadn’t determined if the victim sustained any additional gunshot wounds. No identification had been made.

The victim appears to be in his late teens or early 20s, Mr. Atkins said.

A Savannah Rural Fire Protection District truck was called to the scene to provide flood lights for investigators. Additional officers were patrolling Andrew County roads looking for a burgundy or purplish sport utility vehicle with two males.

No name will be released until any next of kin is notified.

The last murder in Andrew County happened in 2007, Mr. Atkins said.

Marshall White can be reached

at marshall@npgco.com.