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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Duluth - Police Department
Mike Ceynowa, Chief of Police
2030 North Arlington Avenue • Duluth, Minnesota 55811 • www.duluthmn.gov
For more information contact:
Public Information Officer, Mattie Hjelseth at (218) 730-5434 or mhjelseth@duluthmn.gov
DATE: 1/25/2012
SUBJECT: Death Investigation-Duluth Man Identified
BY: DPD Public Information Officer Jim Hansen

NATURE OF INCIDENT: Death Investigation-Duluth Man Identified
CASE NO.: 12013004
INCIDENT DATE: 1/24/2012
INCIDENT TIME: 6:33AM
INCIDENT LOCATION: 416 West Michigan Street

Duluth Police have identified the man who died Tuesday as Edward Everett Olson, age 62 of Duluth. 

On Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 6:33AM the Duluth Police Department, Duluth Fire Department and Gold Cross Ambulance responded to a medical emergency at an office building located at 416 West Michigan Street. The caller said a male was down inside the building, unresponsive with shallow breathing.
 
Officers and medical personnel arrived at 6:34AM and found Everett deceased inside an elevator. A potential witness was with Everett in the elevator.  Both work in a cleaning capacity inside the building and had worked the overnight shift. A custodian came into the building and found them and called his supervisor who then called 911.
 
Duluth Police are continuing to investigate this incident as a suspicious death and are not actively seeking any suspects in this case but are interested in locating anyone who may have witnessed anything related to this matter. If anyone has any information we ask they contact the Duluth Police Department Violent Crimes Unit at 218-730-5050.