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Potomac Senior Living Death Reclassified as Homicide, Police Say

Detectives are awaiting the medical examiner’s findings to determine cause and manner of death.

Overview

  • Police were dispatched just after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday to the Cogir Senior Living facility on Tennis Lane in Potomac.
  • First responders found an 87-year-old man unresponsive, attempted life-saving measures, and pronounced him dead at the scene.
  • Evidence at the scene led investigators to open a homicide investigation.
  • The victim’s body was transported to the medical examiner for cause and manner determination.
  • Authorities have withheld the man’s name pending next-of-kin notification, and Cogir Senior Living says it is cooperating with police.