MADRID, 15 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –

A member of the US military service has been found dead inside a vehicle parked in front of the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense reported on Tuesday.

As detailed in a statement by spokesman Pat Ryder, Pentagon Police officers responded to an emergency call when someone found the body of the military service member in the vehicle.

“At approximately 3:30 p.m. (local time) today, the Pentagon Operations Center received a call requesting a wellness check on a military service member,” Ryder said.

The Pentagon has not offered additional details about the identity of the individual or the cause of his death, according to the newspaper ‘The Hill’.