DETROIT, MI — The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office is responding to allegations that it didn't pick up the body of a fatally shot man until, according to family members, six hours after the shooting.

Based on statements from the Medical Examiner's Office, it was actually less than five.

The victim, 21-year-old Devoe Conley, died of multiple gunshot wounds he suffered while standing in front of a home on Craft in Detroit about 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Conley's body remained on the ground among large crowds of onlookers in front of the home until being transported to the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office where it arrived in the cooler at 10:54 p.m.

Marry Mazur, a spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's Office, said the scene wasn't cleared by police until nearly 8 p.m., at which time the office was notified to pick up the body.

Prior to that time, it was an under-investigation crime scene and the body was not available for recovery, she said.

Mazur said there were some "crowd control issues" at the scene and that EMS was called twice to pick up the body. Being that EMS does not transport the dead, Mazur is unsure why this happened.

Detroit Police spokeswoman Eren Stephens said there was one person walking the homicide desk and taking all related calls for the department Sunday evening.

In between calls they attempted to call the Medical Examiner's Office two separate times, but the line was busy, Stephens said, adding that there was also only one coroner on duty.

Part of the delay is attributed to the unusually heavy workload the Medical Examiner's Office faced Sunday, including the transport of 13 dead bodies.

Stephens said when the coroner did arrive, a police escort was provided "because of the intensity of the scene, because people were really upset."

In 2012, the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office conducted 1,974 full autopsies and 795 other death reviews in 2012 with a staff of eight pathologists and a budget of $6.4 million.

Additionally, the office currently employs 10 investigators a chief investigator, a department supervisor, manager and four clerks.

This is what Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office Administrator and Chief Investigator Albert Samuels said about the events leading to collection of Conley's body Sunday: