This post has been updated to include the name and age of the victim.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating after a man’s body was found in the Georgetown C&O canal this morning, NBC4 reported. Police received a call just after 7:30 a.m. this morning for a report of an unconscious person in the 1000 block of 31st Street NW, MPD spokesperson Aquita Brown told DCist.
Police have identified the man as 51-year-old Osbaldo Lemus Bernal of Arlington, Va.
Body found in the canal behind our office. ? pic.twitter.com/cJHKuLwCcF
— Avi Eilam (@AEilam) April 12, 2016
Police are currently on the scene and a portion of 31 Street NW is closed, according to ABC7.
31st St. is closed between Wisconsin & Water St. in Georgetown as MPD investigates body found in the canal. pic.twitter.com/EmZd6QNzyk
— Jeff Goldberg (@abc7jeffg) April 12, 2016