Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating the discovery of a dead body, following a carjacking and abduction Wednesday night.

Deputies say they found Dillard Nolen dead from a gunshot wound at a home on Dillard Lane in Rocky Mount. In a statement Thursday morning, deputies did not specify when Nolan's body was discovered.

Deputies indicated that Nolen's body was found after a carjacking on Old Franklin Turnpike, which happened around 8:20 Wednesday night. In a statement deputies said someone called 911 to report a crash involving three vehicles.

John Eames was inside one of the wrecked vehicles, according to deputies. They say Eames exited his car and pointed a gun at a vehicle that was stopped in traffic nearby. Deputies say Eames got inside the vehicle and took off with a passenger inside, heading east on Old Franklin Turnpike.

Just after 8:30 deputies said another 911 call was received at the Franklin County Emergency Communications Center, indicating that a woman was being held at gunpoint by a man on Arrington Park Circle in Glade Hill. In their release deputies indicated that the man holding the woman at gunpoint was Eames, and that he fired gunshots into nearby homes.

When deputies arrived on Arrington Park Circle, they say they found Eames with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where deputies said he is in stable condition.

Deputies said the passenger who was riding inside the vehicle carjacked by Eames was able to get away unharmed.

Details about the connection between Nolan's death and the earlier carjacking were not immediately available.

Here is the full news release sent to WDBJ7 by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office