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Updated: June 23, 2015 at 8:33 a.m.
A man was found dead from unknown causes on a sidewalk about four blocks from campus early Wednesday morning, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.
University spokeswoman Maralee Csellar confirmed that the man found at 24th and M streets was not a GW student.
MPD officers responded to a radio call for a “man down” at 12:43 a.m. on Wednesday and found him lying face down on the sidewalk. The man “was unconscious, did not appear to be breathing, and appeared to have severe head trauma,” according to the police report.
A paramedic tried to provide aid with “negative results,” according to the report, which did not list a possible cause of death.
The man was not named in the report. His ethnicity was listed as Asian/Pacific Islander and no age was given. (Update: The incident report was incorrect. MPD Assistant Chief Peter Newsham confirmed Keaton Marek is white.)
A witness said he was walking westbound on the south sidewalk and “heard a loud ‘thump’ and disregarded the sound,” according to the report. The witness continued walking and discovered the man on the sidewalk. Two other witnesses told police that they also saw the man.