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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A death investigation is underway after a man was found dead on Bardstown Road Friday morning.

On Saturday afternoon, the coroner's office identified the man as 50-year-old Brian Hall.

Officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department's Fifth Division responded to a report of a person down in the 1300 block of Bardstown Road, which is near Baxter Avenue and Eastern Parkway, around 11:15 a.m., according to department spokesperson Dwight Mitchell.

Once on scene, police found a man who was "obviously deceased." It's unclear how the man died.

LMPD's Homicide Unit is calling the case a death investigation.

No other details were immediately released.

Anyone with information can call LMPD's anonymous crime tip line at (502) 574-LMPD (5673), or submit tips anonymously on the department's online tip portal by clicking here.

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