City police are investigating the killing of a man whose body was found on the grounds of an East Baltimore elementary school Wednesday morning.
Police said someone reported finding the body about 8 a.m. near a walkway and basketball court at Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary School, in the 1400 block of N. Caroline St. School officials and school police alerted city police to what was initially termed a "suspicious death," but spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said police soon discovered that the man had been shot in the chest.
Officers found a gun underneath him and a "half ski mask," he said. The victim was not identified pending notification of family, but he was believed to be 28 years old.