Police investigate death near Lincoln Memorial District police on Sunday morning began investigating a death near the Lincoln Memorial. Crime scene tape surrounds an area in West Potomac Park near the Lincoln Memorial, where a man was found dead Sunday morning along the Potomac River shoreline. (Hamil R. Harris/Washington Post) U.S. Park Police were initially handling the investigation after a U.S. Park Service employee made an emergency call. Park police handed the investigation over to District police just before 10 a.m., D.C. police spokesman Officer A. Clay said. The identity of the victim, a male, was not immediately available, nor were the circumstances of his death. Investigators remain on the scene near 23rd Street and Ohio Drive, S.W., in West Potomac Park. The area where the body was found, along the Potomac River shoreline, was surrounded by crime scene tape on Sunday morning. Police had opened the roads up by noon, and tourists were able to walk to and from the Lincoln Memorial unimpeded. More crime stories from washingtonpost.com: Death on man on Appalachian trail ruled strangulation Naval academy store cashier pleads guilty to stealing $120K Jurors see damaged door in Huguely trialWoman shot in fight at Woodbridge high school