The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is waiting on official autopsy results in the death of a man at the Carolina Inn Friday morning.

The autopsy on Chris Lynn Johnston, 49, of Twin City Road, Roanoke Rapids, was performed Tuesday, but Captain Andy Jackson declined to discuss preliminary results until they are put on paper.

Around 2:35 a.m. police and EMS responded to room 227 of the Carolina Inn on Jackson Street after receiving a 911 call that Johnston was unresponsive and had fallen.

The man was not breathing and did not have a pulse when EMS and police arrived. CPR was started and Johnston was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

Family members reported when they went to pick up his belongings several people at the motel told them they should have police look at this matter closely. The report notes that people “were acting weird” and that family members knew when Johnston went to the motel he had $500 in cash in his pocket but after going through his belongings upon his death he did not have a lot of money on him.

Jackson said the detective division responded, processed the area and have done extensive interviews. At this point Johnston's death has not been ruled a homicide.