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Man's Body Found By Armstrong County Road

Family Discovers Body In Kiski Township

POSTED: 6:56 am EDT October 7, 2009
UPDATED: 8:34 am EDT October 7, 2009

The Armstrong County coroner said authorities aren't ruling anything out after a man's body was found by the side of the road in Kiski Township.

Police said a man's body was found by the side of an Armstrong County road.

The discovery was made around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night on Brownstown Road.

Police said the victim appeared to have suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

Officers aren't sure how long he was there, but they said the road he was found on is a main throughway.

"A family was passing by, noticed the door open. (Saw) the body laying beside the vehicle," said Chief Jerrod Thompson of the Kiski Township Police.

The weapon was recovered at the scene.

The victim's identity has not yet been released.