Man’s Body Found Behind The Home Depot

GRAVESEND – A man’s dead body was found behind The Home Depot and the police have deemed it to be a homicide.

On July 28 at around 12:43 p.m., a person passing by found a 26-year-old man face down on the ground in a wooded area behind The Home Depot at 2970 Cropsey Avenue. The victim was bleeding from the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, NYPD says.

As of this afternoon, there have been no arrests made and the investigation is ongoing. Cops have also not yet released the victim’s name.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).  The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.