SFPD Investigates Death of Unknown Cause in Castro District

Police found a person dying after they responded to a fight or robbery in progress in the Castro District of San Francisco early Friday morning.

Officials are now investigating the incident at a parking lot on 18th and Castro after medical personnel on scene were unable to save the victim's life. The cause of death is unknown.

Homicide investigators, crime scene investigators and a medical examiner were on the scene as a car was seen being towed away from lot. Officials didn't say how it is connected to the victim.

San Francisco Police Department previously said the death was suspicious but later corrected to say "It's a death report of an unknown cause rather than a suspicious death."

No other information was immediately available.

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