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City Employee Da'J Flowers Found Fatally Shot in North Side Apartment

Detectives are investigating the death with an autopsy pending to determine cause and manner.

Overview

  • Police conducting a welfare check at a residence in the 6900 block of North Bell Avenue found the 36-year-old unresponsive around 9:15 a.m. Friday.
  • An officer forced entry after finding the door blocked from the inside and discovered Flowers on the opposite side of the doorway.
  • She sustained at least one gunshot wound to the abdomen and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Officers recovered a firearm inside the apartment, and no other injuries were reported.
  • City officials identified Flowers as a senior administrative assistant at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, and Area Three detectives have reported no arrests.