Police investigate ‘suspicious death’ of man in north St. Louis

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis police are investigating a suspicious death in north St. Louis.

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called to the 4900 block of Thrush Avenue for a report of a suspicious death. When they arrived, they found a man dead.

No further information about the man's death was provided.

The agency's homicide squad is conducting the ongoing investigation.

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