Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 3, 1990 TAG: 9005030674
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B5 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: By NEAL THOMPSON NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: GATEWOOD LENGTH: Short
Police said he was shot to death.
The man was described by police only as being black and about age 30. He died from at least one gunshot wound, said Pulaski Lt. Barry Buckner.
"We're working it as a murder," he said.
Someone walking through the wooded area next to a trout fishing creek found the body and notified police at about 7:30 a.m., Buckner said, but police do not know who the caller was.
The man's body was taken by Pulaski County's New River Valley Rescue Squad to Pulaski Community Hospital and an autopsy was scheduled to be performed today in either Pulaski or Roanoke.
Buckner said he could not disclose what type of gun may have been used, where the man was shot or what condition the body was in when it was found until after the autopsy.
The body was found at the end of a dirt section of Mount Olivet Road about six miles outside the town of Pulaski. It was in a pool of blood at the base of the large concrete dam that retains Gatewood Reservoir, which provides drinking water to the town. Pulaski police investigated the shooting because the town owns the property where the body was found.
The rescue squad removed the body at about 9 this morning and police were still scouring the area for clues.
Buckner said they had no suspects but expected to identify the victim this afternoon.
Buckner said the creek is stocked with trout and is a popular fishing spot. The area was littered with empty beer cans and bottles and other trash.
by CNB