After coming across "possible chemicals and other suspicious items at an apparent suicide scene" at a Jack London Square Hotel, authorities evacuated several rooms at the hotel and shut down Broadway Avenue and Washington Street between Second and Third streets a little before 7:30 a.m. this morning. According to , "a man's body was found this morning in a hotel room in the 200 block of Broadway with a mask to his face connected to a gas tank." We'll update as soon as we know more.

Oakland Tribune