Oswego, N.Y. — Oswego police say they are investigating a suspicious death after a woman died this weekend on the side of Erie Street in the city of Oswego.
Someone called 911 at 4:41 p.m. Saturday to report someone unconscious, breathing abnormally and face down on the ground near 210 Erie St., dispatchers said.
Oswego police and firefighters, and Menter Ambulance responded to the scene on Erie Street, near Hillside Avenue, about a half-mile from Oswego High School. When they arrived, emergency crews said they found the woman dying on the side of Erie Street.
When Oswego police arrived, emergency medical personnel told officers “a person was found lying near the roadway unconscious and were unable to revive the person,” Oswego police Capt. Damian Waters said.
Oswego Police Chief Phil Cady confirmed the person who died is a woman, but the police department is not yet releasing her name until they notify her family and take further “investigative steps,” the chief said.
Emergency crews closed Erie Street to both pedestrians and motorists Saturday night while they investigated the woman’s death. Police remained at the scene until 12:02 a.m. Sunday, according to 911 dispatchers.
Oswego police said Sunday they are investigating the death as “suspicious.”
“The location of where the decedent was found make it suspicious,” Cady said.
Investigators are waiting for the medical examiner’s findings, which “should help us with the direction of our investigation,” the police chief said.
Oswego police expect to release more information on Monday, both Waters and Cady said.
“There is no danger to the community,” Waters said. “The investigation is ongoing, and information is being withheld pending notifications.”
Oswego police ask anyone with information about the suspicious death to call them at (315) 342-8120.
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