Crime & Safety
Body Recovered From Santa Rosa Creek
A death investigation was underway Monday after Santa Rosa police and firefighters pulled the body from the water.
Just after 9:30am, Firefighters responded w/ @SantaRosaPolice & AMR for a report of a man in the Santa Rosa Creek, west of Pierson St Bridge. FF & PD officers, pulled the man to shore & determined he was deceased. Details re investig deferred to Santa Rosa PD Coroners Office. pic.twitter.com/JnJSQ3LoZv
— Santa Rosa Fire Department (@SantaRosaFire) January 7, 2019
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Santa Rosa police said the body of a deceased man was found in Santa Rosa Creek on Monday morning. The Santa Rosa police and fire departments responded around 9:30 a.m. to an area of the creek west of the Pierson Street bridge where reports indicated a body was in the water, authorities said.
Officers and firefighters pulled the body ashore and determined it was that of a deceased man, officials with the Santa Rosa Fire Department said in a Twitter post.
The Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office is conducting the death investigation, police said.
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Bay City News Service contributed to this report.
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