Police statement on courthouse fatality

Police statement on courthouse fatality

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* Deceased male located at courthouse At 6:55 a.m. this morning, a citizen walking in the area of the Sault Ste. Marie Court House, 426 Queen Street East, contacted the Sault Ste.

CITY POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

************************* Deceased male located at courthouse

At 6:55 a.m. this morning, a citizen walking in the area of the Sault Ste. Marie Court House, 426 Queen Street East, contacted the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service by cell phone advising that there was a male person that appeared to be deceased lying in the walkway on the west side of the courthouse.

Police, fire and ambulance services attended on scene and confirmed that they had located a deceased male in his seventies.

Detectives with the Sault Ste Marie Police Service are currently on scene and the investigation is continuing.

Further details will be released as they become available.

The age and name of the deceased male are not being released at this time until next of kin have been notified.

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