Crime

Suicide suspected in death of man found near North Sacramento levee

Police tape at crime scene

Sacramento police are investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered Saturday evening near a levee close to the 50 block of Main Avenue.

The man had been shot at least one time and “information we have leads us to believe this was a suicide,” said Officer Anthony Gamble, a Sacramento Police Department spokesperson.

The department said officers responded to reports of a person on the ground at about 6 p.m. Saturday.

Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators are looking into the death, Gamble said.

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