CO Poisoning Suspected in Death of Man at Rochester Church

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Carbon Monoxide poisoning is suspected in the death of a 59-year-old man at a Rochester church Tuesday afternoon.

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A Rochester Police spokeswoman said officers responded to the Bethel Lutheran Church shortly before 3:30 p.m. A staff member at the church told police the man had gone out to a maintenance shed to do some work a few hours before the call.

The staff member went out to check on the man and found him deceased. The Rochester Fire Department detected high levels of Carbon Monoxide in the shed.

Police say the gas tank on some machinery in the shed was empty. The man's name has not been released.