Weekend death in London, Ont. deemed homicide: London police
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London police are now calling the death of a man in a London park on Sunday morning a homicide, and have identified the victim as a 52-year-old man. First responders were initially called Sunday around 6:45 a.m. to Gibbons Park for a report of an unresponsive man.
London police are now calling the death of a man in a London park on Sunday morning a homicide, and have identified the victim.
As previously reported, first responders were called Sunday around 6:45 a.m. to Gibbons Park near the Grosvenor Street entrance for a report of an unresponsive man.
Police and paramedics attended the scene and performed lifesaving efforts, but the man was pronounced deceased a short time later.
According to a press release from the London Police Service, the "suspicious" death is now been deemed a homicide.
The deceased has since been identified as 52-year-old Daniel Joseph Fawcett of London.
On Sunday, police had closed off a section of the park and were seen conducting a line search of the area using a metal detector. The Forensic Investigation Unit was also on scene.
