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Frankford man found beaten to death

A Frankford man died after police found him unconscious on a Kensington Street, the victim of an apparent street-corner beating early Saturday.

Officers were called to Emerald and Cambria streets at about 5:30 a.m. in response to a report of a person with a weapon. They found Roberto Perez, 41, of the 1600 block of Fillmore St., lying in the street unresponsive and with traumatic head injuries. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

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According to one published report, witnesses told police that Perez was involved in an argument, during which someone beat him in the head with a crowbar. Perez’s Chevrolet Suburban was parked at the scene and had a broken window. Police have made no arrests and named no suspects. ••

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