Police investigating man found dead in East Village apartment

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a high-rise apartment in the East Village neighborhood.

Dispatchers received a request to conduct a welfare check in the apartment building in the 1200 block of Ninth Avenue around 5:05 p.m. Monday, according to San Diego police.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office was called in to take custody of the body for autopsy and identification purposes.

No further details were immediately available.