Police investigate young man’s suspicious death near UC Berkeley
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Berkeley police are investigating the death of a young man in his early 20s who was found unresponsive near the UC Berkeley campus early Saturday.
Police and fire were dispatched to the 2900 block of Channing Way just before 7:30 a.m., Berkeley Police Officer Jennifer Coats said in a statement. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
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Bay Area television station KTVU reported that the young man was a 23-year-old student who was found at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house.
“Somebody in the house called 911, they found him unresponsive and called,” Coats told the station.
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