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Police investigating death of man in Gary

By  Taylor Hartz
   
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Police are investigating the death Sunday morning of a man in Gary, Indiana.

The Medico-Legal Death Investigation Team was dispatched at 11:01 a.m. to 51st and Harrison Street, where Matthew Bournazos, 44, of Crown Point, was found dead, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

Bournazos was pronounced dead at 1:55 p.m., officials said.

The cause of death was pending, officials said.

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