Vehicles at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada, September, 2023. Pershing County Sheriff’s Office says the death of the man appears to be a singular crime but is urging festivalgoers to remain vigilant of their surroundings.

A man found dead in a pool of blood is being investigated as a homicide at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert, authorities say.

Authorities were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (175 kilometers) north of Reno.

Deputies along with rangers from the Bureau of Land Management responded and “found a single white adult male lying on the ground, obviously deceased,” the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Sunday.

The investigation has incl

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