EMERGENCY RESPONSE . . . a general view of Murray Street, Annan
But Police Scotland, which is awaiting the outcome of a postmortem, state that there appears to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of 40-year-old David Crawford.
Several police vehicles and two ambulances responded to an emergency call around 2.35 on Friday afternoon.
Detectives and forensics officers spent time at the scene, a ground floor flat on the west side of the street, but the operation was later scaled back.
The Procurator Fiscal at Dumfries has been informed.
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