8/28/17 – 9:46 A.M.
UPDATED – 5:31 P.M.
Police have released information about the body that was found on Blanchard Avenue early Monday morning. The body was reported around 1:00 a.m. at 1701 Blanchard Avenue. That is the address of the Blanchard Avenue Pentecostal Church. Recent updates say that the body is of a 24-year-old white man. Police have not yet released the man’s name.
The incident remains under investigation but the report says that it appears to be a suicide. The man died of a gunshot wound and police recovered the gun involved. Police are asking for help from anyone with recorded security camera footage in the area.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning at the Lucas County Coroner’s Office.