Crime & Safety
Cape Cod Radio Personality Found Dead With Gunshot Wound
Eric Christensen was a radio personality with Cape Cod's iHeartRadio affiliate and went under the name Eric "The Prozac'" Christensen.
BARNSTABLE, MA — A local radio personality was found dead with a gunshot wound in his Hyannis home Wednesday, according to the Cape & Islands District Attorney's office.
Around 6 p.m., Barnstable police and fire officials were called to a home on Oakview Terrace after receiving a call that a man, later identified as Eric Christensen, 51, was unresponsive.
Christensen was a radio personality with Cape Cod's iHeartRadio affiliate and went under the name Eric "The Prozac'" Christensen.
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Authorities said police found Christensen on the kitchen floor, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Emergency officials rushed Christensen to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The death is being investigated as a homicide. No further information was immediately available.
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