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Coroner Identifies Body found In Arcola Apartment Building

ARCOLA, Ind. (WOWO): The Allen County Coroner has identified the body of a white man found dead inside an Arcola apartment Wednesday afternoon, as 19-year-old Tanner Dennis of Fort Wayne.

An autopsy was completed Thursday and the preliminary findings are that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest and the manner of death was ruled as a suicide.

As of right now, the incident is still under investigation by the Allen County Police Department and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.

Officers were originally led to the apartment building in Arcola, in search of a suspect they believe barricaded himself inside the building, after robbing the S&V Liquor Store on Illinois Road, just after 1:00 p.m., Wednesday afternoon.

According to Fort Wayne Pubic Information Officer Mike Joyner, they received a call about a man wearing a grim reaper mask, dressed in a camouflage sweatshirt and blue jeans, going into the liquor store. When Fort Wayne police responded to the scene, a store employee told officers that the suspect left in a red truck, that didn't have a bed.

Police located a similar truck near the apartment building, where the body was found, but no word yet if they were the same person involved in the robbery.

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