The Department of Public Safety is looking into the death of a man who was found dead yesterday morning at the Veterans Stadium, according to police officers responding to Samoa News questions.

Emergency Medical Services officials say they received a request for assistance early yesterday morning regarding a dead body at the Stadium. Acting Commissioner of Public Safety, Save Liuato Tuitele told Samoa News that there were reports about the unattended death of a man, and this makes a police investigation mandatory.

He said the police will not rule out foul play until proven otherwise, and they will act accordingly. The Acting Commissioner declined to go into further details, pointing out that it’s too early to comment as to what occurred and the police are investigating the death. The man, who is in his 60’s, has yet to be officially identified, however Samoa News understands the man resides in Ili’ili. 

Police told Samoa News that government employees who first arrived at the Stadium for work saw a man lying motionless, and they contacted EMS and police for assistance. The police say that it appears that the man was at the Stadium for his morning walk when something happened, and they are looking into what happened.