Crime & Safety
Police Find Resident Dead In His Apartment After 911 Call
Medical Examiner has yet to determine cause of death in the incident.
in Forest Hills found a local resident dead in his apartment Wednesday night, precinct sources said.
According to information from the police department, officers responded to a 911 call at an apartment building on 76th Road in Forest Hills Wednesday night at 6:13 p.m. When they arrived, they found 25-year-old Shaliek Spurgeon unresponsive in his apartment.
Officers were not able to wake Spurgeon, who was lying on his bed when police arrived.
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EMT’s were called to the scene, and pronounced Spurgeon dead minutes later.
An investigation into the matter is ongoing, though the Medical Examiner has not yet been able to determine a cause of death.
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