Man found dead in SE Side parking lot

COLUMBUS – Early Wednesday morning, Columbus Police detectives were still looking for the identity of the city’s 77th homicide victim of the year.

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Officers were called to the rear of an apartment building in the 2300 block of Petzinger Court on the report of a man lying in the parking lot found the victim unresponsive and bleeding from the head, Homicide Unit Jeff Strayer said.

The man, described as Hispanic, remained unidentified, Strayer said

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.