Students on field trip find man’s body

Published 9:38 am Friday, February 24, 2012

EDEN PRAIRIE — Some middle-school students from Bloomington made a disturbing discovery while on a field trip to Eden Prairie — they found a man’s body.

Students from Oak Grove Middle School were walking around the Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area on Thursday morning. A group of about 30 found the body on a trail in a wooded area.

Eden Prairie police said it was a man who apparently had shot himself. A weapon was found near the body.

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Police said the man apparently shot himself before students arrived. His name was not released.

The teacher canceled the rest of the field trip and took the students back to school where grief counselors were available.