Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Grosse Pointe Farms Police Identify Man Who Died While Jogging

The man is a Grosse Pointe Farms resident. His name is being withheld pending notification of his family.

UPDATE 11:06 P.M. Grosse Pointe Farms police said they have identified a man who collapsed and died while jogging on Grosse Pointe Boulevard on Friday night.

According to a Nixle report, the man is a Grosse Pointe Farms resident. His name is being withheld pending notification of his family.

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are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who collapsed and died while jogging on Grosse Pointe Boulevard on Friday night.

Grosse Pointe Farms Lt. Richard Rosati said an unidentified white male—about 6-feet-1 and 180 pounds and in his mid 60s—collapsed at about 8:50 p.m. Friday while running east on Grosse Pointe Boulevard near Hall Place.

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Police said the man had blue eyes and gray hair, was of slender build, and was wearing dark shorts and a gray T-shirt, according to a Nixle report.

The T-shirt had a graphic with the letters "IMMUNI-T." The letters "ICS" were in the lower corner of the shirt.

A passing motorist saw the man fall, called emergency personnel and tried to assist him.

Rosati said police and medics soon arrived on the scene, where they performed CPR on the man.

The man was taken to in Detroit, where he was pronounced dead.

Anyone with information about the man’s identity is asked to call Grosse Pointe Farms police at 313-885-2100.

NOTE: This story was updated on Saturday at 3:51 p.m. to include additional information about the man, including what clothes he was wearing. This story was updated again on Saturday at 5:09 p.m. with more details about the man, including that his eyes were blue and the graphic on his T-shirt.


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