Crime & Safety
Man Found Dead in Prospect Park
Officials believe the man found hanging in a tree committed suicide.
A man was found dead hanging from a tree in Prospect Park early Monday morning, officials said.
The person was only desribed by police as a man in his 30s who was discovered in Long Meadow off Ninth Street by a park-goer at 7 a.m. this morning.
The investigation is on going, but the incident appears to be a suicide, an NYPD spokesman said.
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