UPDATE: Man found dead in hotel identified

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) - UPDATE 12/7/20: Grand Forks Police released the name of the man who was found dead at the Budget Inn Express motel on Saturday.

He was identified as 55-year-old Jeffrey Allen Shulzitski. Police say he suffered injuries that led investigators to believe that homicidal violence occurred.

The investigation is still in the early stages, but police say the incident does not appear to be a random act and there’s no danger to the public.

Anyone with information on urged to contact the Grand Forks Police Department by one of the following methods:

Call: 701-787-8000

Online: Submit a tip via the GFPD’s Facebook or website

App: Submit a tip via the Tip411 app

ORIGINAL: An investigation is ongoing after a man was found dead in a Grand Forks motel Saturday.

At 2:22 pm Officers from the Grand Forks Police Department were dispatched to the Budget Inn Express at 3400 Gateway Dr. for a welfare check on a male subject in a motel room.

Officers entered the motel room and found a man dead.

Officials say there is no more information that is going to be released at this time as this is an ongoing unattended death investigation.

The identity of the man is being withheld pending next of kin notifications.

Anyone with information on this, or any related, incident, is encouraged to contact the Grand Forks Police Department by one of the following methods:

Call: 701-787-8000

Online: Submit a tip via the GFPD’s Facebook or website

App: Submit a tip via the Tip411 app