Crime & Safety

Dead Body Discovered in Tree in Echo Park

LAPD's Rampart Division was investigating the incident early on the Fourth of July.

 

Did he jump or was he pushed?

LAPD Rampart Division detectives were asking that quintessential question Wednesday morning.

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They were investigating how the dead body of a 30-year-old man made it into a tree outside an Angeleno Heights apartment building.

He was discovered around 7:30 a.m.

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According to the Eastsider, the man was found outside a four-story brick building in the 1300 block of Calument Street.

Read the Eastsider report here.

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