By Associated Press - Friday, May 3, 2019

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage police have opened a homicide investigation in the death of a man found on the city’s east side.

Police shortly after 1 a.m. Friday took a call of an unconscious man at Debarr Road and Patterson Street.

Officers found the man lying face down near a bus stop. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s name has not been released.

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Police say the man had suffered body trauma. They’re asking witnesses with information to contact them.

Police detained one person for questioning and temporarily closed Debarr Road while a crime team investigated.

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