Man's body pulled from Schuylkill River in University City section of Philadelphia

Thursday, October 12, 2017
UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- Investigators are working to identify the body of a man pulled from the Schuylkill River in the University City section of Philadelphia.

The body, believed to be that of a man in his 50s, was found in the river before 11 a.m. Thursday near Walnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue.
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Philadelphia police recovered the body.

Forensic investigators are now working to determine who the man was and how he died.

Action News is told the man may have suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
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