64-year-old man found dead in ambulette on Bronx side street, NYPD says

Police were investigating on Tuesday after they said a man was found dead with various injuries in the back of an ambulette in the Bronx on Monday. Officials have deemed the incident a homicide.

First responders discovered the 64-year-old man inside a Marquis Ambulette bus around 10:30 a.m. on Monday after someone called 911, NYPD officials said. The bus was parked on a side street in Castle Hill Park near Barrett Avenue, according to police.

The man, whom police later identified as Bronx resident Peter Forrest, was unconscious and unresponsive, and was pronounced dead at the scene, NYPD officials said. They added that his injuries, which were on his head and face, appeared suspicious enough to warrant an investigation.

The city’s medical examiner was working to determine how the man died. Police made no immediate arrests.

A representative of Marquis Ambulette who answered a call to the company’s listed phone number early Tuesday morning said Marquis was cooperating with police on the investigation. He said the deceased man was an employee of the company, but declined to comment further.

This is a developing story based on preliminary information from the NYPD and has been updated.