CINCINNATI — Police discovered a dead body nearby a wrecked vehicle down an embankment off Beekman St. near Hopple St. early Friday evening.
Officers on the scene confirmed the individual found, identified by police as 20-year-old Jydale Keith, had suffered a gunshot wound.
Cincinnati PD Lt. Steve Saunders said officers originally responded to reports of a traffic crash in the area. When officers arrived and did not find the car, later identified by police as a black Nissan sedan, they investigated and later found the car and the body nearby.
Until finding the gunshot wound, investigators thought this was a traffic fatality, Saunders said.
MORE: @CincinnatiPD believe car rolled down hill from Beekman; originally thought man died from crash @WCPO pic.twitter.com/z44T2KEEKo
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It appears to be a car backed into a wooded area off of an access rd. Coroner just showed up. @WCPO pic.twitter.com/AUVssRGfsG
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The Cincinnati Police Department Homicide Investigation Unit was on the scene. The investigation is still on-going.
Anyone with information in this case is asked to call Crimestoppers at 352-3040.
WCPO photographer Andy Overton contributed to this report.
