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# Dead Body Discovered At Friend’s Field This Morning
- URL: https://bklyner.com/dead-body-discovered-friends-field-morning/
- Published: 2017-04-27T14:22:02.000Z
- Updated: 2017-04-27T17:27:53.000Z
- Author: Carly Miller
- Tags: Central Brooklyn, Police & Fire, dead body, drug overdose, Friends Field, nypd 66th precinct, #wp

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Friend’s Field, April 27, 2017 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)

**\[Update: April 27, 2017, 11:15am—Police have told BKLYNER that the body was found near the park’s baseball field.\]**

Early this morning, cops found a dead body on a bench at Friend’s Field in Midwood.

Though the medical examiner is still determining the cause of death, there was drug paraphernalia found nearby, said police sources.

Responding to a 911 call, cops entered Friend’s Field at East 4th Street near Avenue M at 5:45am on Thursday, April 27\. They found an unidentified adult man, unconscious and unresponsive, on a bench, according to police reports.

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Baseball field with bleachers, 1pm, April 27\. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)

There were no visible signs of trauma on the man’s body.

Emergency responders pronounced the man dead at the scene, and the investigation remains ongoing.

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Friend’s Field playground, April 27, 2017 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)