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The death of an Omaha squirrel that used to hang around the Omaha Police Department’s downtown headquarters has drawn national media attention.

The squirrel, which had its own Twitter account, was found dead near Central Police Headquarters, Officer Michael Bossman announced Tuesday on Twitter.

“We are sad to announce that @OPDSquirrel has been found dead in the parking lot,” he wrote. “We are not investigating.”

Many of the squirrel’s Twitter followers — 345 as of Thursday — commented on the creature’s passing. Its Twitter page included photos of the squirrel in happier days, eating a granola bar, running by a police cruiser.

Other officers also paid tribute. Officer Dave Bowes was captured in a photo posted to Twitter kneeling next to the squirrel’s corpse, a chalked outline drawn around the body.