A dead man was found on the sidewalk on Hotel Circle — the heart of San Diego’s tourist district — on Sunday.
San Diego homicide detectives said officers got a call at 9:25 a.m. about a man lying on the sidewalk near the Kings Inn Hotel, located on the 1300 block of Hotel Circle South.
The man, who suffered “trauma to his upper torso,” was not breathing and pronounced dead at the scene, said Lt. Ray Valentin of the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit.
Police said the man’s identity is unknown, he was described only as an African-American male in his 30s.
The county Medical Examiner’s Office was to conduct an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
— City News Service
