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The Latest: Anchorage police ID man found dead in park

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Latest on double homicide investigation in Anchorage (all times local):

11:55 a.m.

Anchorage police have released the name of one of two men whose bodies were found near each other in a local park.

Police say 25-year-old Bryant Dehusson of Anchorage was one of the victims found dead early Sunday morning at Valley of the Moon Park. Police say they will release the name of the second victim after family notifications are done.

Police spokeswoman Renee Oistad says police are investigating the deaths as one case.

No one has been arrested.

Police were called to the scene shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday after one of the bodies was found on a bike path. Officers found the other man’s body in the park nearby as they were searching the area.

Police have not disclosed how the men died.

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9:50 a.m.

Anchorage police are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found near each other in a local park.

Police say they were called to the Valley of the Moon Park shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday by someone who found one of the bodies on a bike path.

According to police, officers found the other man’s body in the park nearby as they were searching the area.

The men’s identities were not immediately released.

Police say they are treating the deaths as homicides, but have not disclosed how the men died. Anchorage television station KTUU-TV reports that area residents heard shots fired earlier.

No one has been arrested.

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