PITTSBURGH — Police are investigating after a man’s body was found in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, officers were called to the 5000 block of Comrie Way in Bloomfield around 7 p.m. for reports of a person found dead.
Officers arrived to find a man’s body in a garage with “apparent traumatic injuries.”
On Monday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as 68-year-old Harold Bauer. The cause and manner of death have not yet been determined.
Neighbors told us Bauer was a local contractor who owned several properties in this part of Bloomfield, including a block of garages along Comrie Way. He was found dead in one of those garages Sunday night.
On Monday afternoon, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials told Channel 11 Bauer’s death appears to be accidental. It was initially considered to be suspicious.
Neighbors said Bauer, known to many as “Hal,” worked on generators, cars, engines, and other pieces of machinery inside his garages often. One person reportedly heard a boom around the time of Bauer’s death.
“When his wife came, she tried calling him after 2 o’clock but didn’t hear from him, so that’s when she came over around 5, 6 o’clock and saw him in the garage,” said Jack Ball, who owns the Bantha Tea Bar nearby.
Neighbors were upset to hear the news, telling us “Hal” was a part of their Bloomfield community.
“Everybody knew him and knew him as a nice guy,” Ball said. “He was friends with a lot of people and worked with a lot of people around here.”
His cause and manner of death have not yet officially been determined.
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