OAKLAND — The physique of a person was pulled Monday morning from water close to the Port of Oakland, however investigators weren't clear a couple of reason for demise, authorities mentioned.
Simply after 10:55 a.m., Oakland Hearth Division firefighters acquired a name reporting a physique seen floating within the water subsequent to the shoreline within the 5100 block of seventh Avenue close to the port’s Berth 35.
Oakland police joined firefighters on the berth, the place firefighters eliminated the physique from the water and put it on a Coast Guard boat.
The boat carried the physique to a hearth station on the foot of Clay Avenue in Jack London Sq.. There, it was turned over to Alameda County Sheriff’s Workplace coroner’s employees.
The person’s physique was partially clothed and appeared to have been within the water for a number of days. The invention was being investigated as a suspicious circumstance demise.
The coroner’s workplace will try and establish the person. It's going to additionally conduct an post-mortem to find out the precise reason for demise and the way lengthy the person had been within the water.
Anybody with data could name the coroner’s workplace at 510-382-3000.