According to Naifeh and Smith in their book Van Gogh: The Life, that Van Gogh was shot here and did not kill himself.

Death of Vincent van Gogh

The death of Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch post-Impressionist painter, occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room at the Auberge Ravoux in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise in northern France. He suffered a gunshot wound two days earlier not far from the inn. It has been widely reported that he shot himself in the chest, wishing to end his life.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death of Vincent van Gogh
• Naifeh, S. W. and Smith, G. W., 2011, Van Gogh: The Life: Random House Digital Inc., 953p.