Body Found After Florida Brush Fire

After putting out a brush fire on the Southside just before 8 p.m. Tuesday night, firefighters found the body of a man in his early 20s in the woods.

The fire was near McLaurin Road and Birdies Road, off Philips Highway south of the Avenues Mall. When the body was located, firefighters called police and homicide detectives responded to the scene.

Police later identified the victim as 20-year-old Donte Lamonte Chapman but have not said how he died. Police said Chapman lived on Hickory Hollow Drive in East Arlington.

The area is sparely populated and no homes were threatened by the fire.

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