Overview
- Officers responded around 3 p.m. near Brainard Street and 3rd Avenue by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard after a 911 call reported an explosion.
- Responders determined the emergency involved electrocution rather than an explosion.
- Police say a man and a woman were attempting to remove copper from the site when one was electrocuted and the other was shocked and transported to a hospital.
- Authorities have not confirmed whether the man or the woman died as they work to notify next of kin.
- Deputy Chief Franklin Hayes warned that utility wires can be live and carry high voltage, urging the public to avoid copper theft.