QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — An investigation is ongoing after a body was discovered in Queens on Thursday afternoon.
Police say a caller reported the body at around 4:22 p.m. near 139th Street and Hillside Avenue.
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EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the individual dead. Police sources say the body was found burnt.
“I’m really shocked,” said Jamaica resident Mohammed Hossain. “I’ve owned properties here for the last 24 years, and I’ve never ever heard this thing. Extremely surprising.”
The Chief Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
No arrests have been made.
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