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Police say Juneau mayor didn’t die of gunshot

In this photo taken Oct. 23, 2015, Juneau Mayor Greg Fisk talks about his first week on the job during an interview in Juneau, Alaska. The newly elected mayor of Alaska's capital city was found dead in his home, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, Circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately known. (Michael Penn/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this photo taken Oct. 23, 2015, Juneau Mayor Greg Fisk talks about his first week on the job during an interview in Juneau, Alaska. The newly elected mayor of Alaska's capital city was found dead in his home, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, Circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately known. (Michael Penn/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Police in Alaska’s capital city have not determined whether the city’s new mayor died from a natural event or foul play but have tentatively ruled out gunshots, drugs or suicide in the death.

Stephen “Greg” Fisk, 70, was found in his Juneau home with injuries that police did not describe. Police are awaiting autopsy results to announce a possible cause of death.

“It’s not clear what the cause of those injuries are,” police spokeswoman Erann Kalwara said Tuesday.

Fisk’s adult son of found the mayor’s body Monday and alerted police.

Fisk lived alone. There was no sign of forced entry into Fisk’s home above Juneau’s downtown, where a lone police vehicle sat outside the home Tuesday afternoon. Police tape kept the curious away, and a sign announced the sidewalk – which are really steps along the mountainside street – was closed.