Repository staff report
CANTON – Police are investigating an apparent homicide after a man was found dead outside his apartment building Tuesday in southwest Canton.
Officers were called about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to the 600 block of Cleveland Avenue SW where a man was reportedly unconscious. The victim was identified as Jeffrey A. Loftus, 60.
The Stark County Coroner's Office was called to the scene.
Harry Campbell, chief investigator for the coroner's office, said the man's body was taken to Cuyahoga County where an autopsy was scheduled.
Investigators have not released the cause of Loftus' death as they awaited results of the autopsy. A news release said the victim "appeared to be the victim of a homicide."