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Baltimore County police investigating suspected homicide at Towson apartment complex

Baltimore County police investigate a crime scene at an off-campus apartment complex in Towson where a critically injured person was found. (Baltimore Sun video / Libby Solomon, Jerry Jackson)

Baltimore County police began investigating a suspected homicide that occurred at a Towson apartment complex Friday morning, police said.

Baltimore County police spokeswoman Jennifer Peach said the victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital with ā€œsome kind of upper body trauma.ā€ She said he died at 10:38 a.m.

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Officials have identified the 47-year-old man who was killed but won’t release his name until his next of kin is notified.

A large presence of police cruisers and crime scene tape blocked off a section of the apartment complex shortly after 9:47 a.m. in the 6900 block of Lachlan Circle, where the man was found. Police initially went to the apartments after someone called 911 to report a man lying unconscious and bleeding on the sidewalk.

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Steve Ferrell, a 25-year resident of the neighborhood, said violent crimes are a rarity in an apartment complex heavily populated with Towson University students.

ā€œStuff can get a little rowdy but nobody ever got hurt or anything, Ferrell said.

Police cleared the scene at about 2 p.m.

Daniel Coverston, 22, was killed in his Towson apartment on Feb. 14, 2009. A decade later, his family and police are still seeking answers.

Kathleen Rybarczyk, a Citizens on Patrol member who has lived in the neighborhood for about 20 years, added, ā€œthis is probably the most excitement this neighborhood has gotten in about 40 or 50 years.

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Ten years ago, however, Towson University student Daniel Coverston was killed in a nearby apartment in the 7000 block of Lachlan Circle. Coverston was 22 years old when he was shot dead inside his apartment.

Police issued a plea to the public seeking new information after the case went cold on the 10-year anniversary of his death.

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