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Police Discover Dead Body in Phoenix

A resident alerted officers to the body on Monday morning.

A man was found dead with a gun shot wound on Poplar Hill Road in Phoenix on Monday.

At around 7:50 a.m. that day, a resident called police and reported seeing the body, near the intersection of Merrymans Mill Road, said Cathy Batton, a Baltimore County Police spokeswoman. Police officers recovered a gun near the scene.

The police are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

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