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San Vicente Encampment Death Under Investigation

ID of victim pending notification of next of kin

By Sam Catanzaro

Officials are investigating a recent death at the San Vicente Boulevard homeless encampment in Brentwood. 

According to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, a person was found dead on October 24 at 03:42 hours on the 11500 block of San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles, alongside the West Los Angeles VA. 

The ID of the victim–described as the Coroner as a Male in his 50s– pending notification of next of kin. The decedent is a Male in his 60s.

The cause of death has been deferred by the Coroner, pending additional investigation.

According to a spokesperson for the Coroner’s Office, said that ​the responding law enforcement agency was the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD). 

The LASD was not immediately available to provide more information regarding the death. 

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

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