Body Of Shooting Victim Found In Glendale Cemetery
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GLENDALE, Calif. (CBS) - Homicide detectives were investigating the circumstances of a freshly-shot body found in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, a sergeant said on Tuesday.
Police received calls around 1:32 p.m. about the body of a Hispanic male found in the cemetery at 1712 S. Glendale Ave., according to Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Alcira Solis. It was unclear if he was murdered in the cemetery or if his body was dumped there after he was shot, she said.
The exact cause of the victim's death was not immediately available.
Los Angeles
police and fire units were sent to the Glendale branch of Forest Lawn, where the
entrance is on Glendale Avenue in Glendale, but most of the facility inside L.A.
city limits. Paramedics sent to the scene were apparently delayed by confusion
over the exact location of the apparent crime.
Man found shot to death at Glendale-Forest Lawn cemetery
LA Daily News Wire Services
Los Angeles' first homicide of 2008 has a macabre twist - a man found shot to death at a cemetery.
The body of 29-year-old Jason Grey was discovered Tuesday at Forest Lawn-Glendale in the 1000 block of Glendale Avenue, police said.
The Los Angeles and Glendale police departments received calls of shots fired about 12:40 p.m. in that general area. Grey was shot multiple times in the upper torso and died at the scene, LAPD Detective Percy Morris said.
About 30 to 40 people were in the cemetery at the time of the shooting, but no one else was injured, Morris said.
The LAPD is investigating because the body was found on the Los Angeles side of the cemetery. The death may be gang related.
Nobody has been arrested and no suspect information was released.
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