Police investigating after body found in Florence
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - Authorities are investigating after a body was found in the Pee Dee on Sunday.
The Florence Police Department said officers were called to the 600 block of Brunson Street at around 3 p.m. after reports of a cardiac arrest. A victim was found dead at the scene.
Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken later identified the victim as 30-year-old Tony Michael Smoot, of Florence. An autopsy has been scheduled at the Medical University of South Carolina.
von Lutcken added that an initial investigation has led authorities to treat the incident as a homicide.
No further details were immediately available.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Florence Police Department at 843-665-3191.
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