Friday, July 8, 2016

Death of Black Man Found Hanged from a Tree in Atlanta Park Referred to FBI

 
By Tobias Salinger

The death of a man found hanged from a tree in an Atlanta park early Thursday has been referred to the FBI, Atlanta’s mayor said.

Security officers discovered the as-yet-unidentified black man thought to be between 25 and 35 years old around 5 a.m. near Piedmont Park’s Charles Allen Dr. entrance, according to the Atlanta Police Department. An emergency crew pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Police said the man was hanging by a rope from the tree, and investigators called the scene "consistent with a suicide." Coroners plan to rule the death a suicide, representatives for Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said Thursday night. 

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Source: The New York Daily News

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