Body found in Tacoma, police investigating

TACOMA, Wash. - Police are investigating after a body was found in Tacoma on Thursday morning.

Officers were called just after 7:00 a.m. to reports of a body near S 56th St and S Alaska St.

When they arrived, they found an unresponsive man on the ground. Fire personnel pronounced the man deceased.

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Detectives are investigating the incident, and it is not yet known what led up to the death. A cause of death has not yet been determined.