Crime & Safety

Motorist Finds Man Dead on Road

Breaking: An 18-year-old was found dead on the east side of 1st Avenue in Palmetto late Sunday night.

PALMETTO, FL — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man.

According to the sheriff’s office, a motorist traveling in the 2000 block of 1st Avenue East near 20th Street East in Palmetto spotted a body on the east side of the road Sunday night. Alexander Anderson, deputies say, was found in a pool of blood, dead from “apparent gunshot wounds to his upper body.”

Deputies were notified of the discovery around 11:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2.

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Homicide investigators are working the case, but no further information has been released at this time.

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