Overview
- Officers responded just after midnight Friday to reports of a fire near the canal at 44th Street and Washington and found a blaze that Phoenix Fire Department crews extinguished before locating a man’s body.
- Phoenix police secured the area and detectives have taken over the scene to investigate what led to the death.
- The victim remains unidentified and authorities have not released a cause of death or said whether foul play is suspected.
- Northbound 44th Street is closed from Madison Street to Washington Street while investigators process the scene, creating local traffic restrictions near Sky Harbor International Airport.
- Local broadcasters report that police will provide updates as the investigation continues and officials ask residents and drivers to avoid the area while detectives work.