The body of Senator A.S. Smith-Hammer was found on Thursday under the bridge leading to the Red Light District after an apparent mugging. It appears that the senator was severely beaten with construction wood and slashed at with a broken beer bottle. Despite his extensive injuries, it is still unclear as to what caused death. Identification of the killing blow is further hindered as the murderer had taken the time to draw clown make-up on to the man before robbing him and fleeing the scene.

Dead End’s Crime Scene Investigation Unit was able to uncover the bottle and board used to slash and bludgeon the man, but has not been able to lift any fingerprints from any of the evidence recovered from the scene.

Senator Smith-Hammer has become infamous in our fair city and recent weeks. With the man’s political aspirations in mind, it leaves us to wonder if this was merely a crime of opportunity, or if it was an assassination of a man who some may consider to be a tyrant.