EVERETT – Everett police detectives are investigating the apparent homicide of a man whose body was found this afternoon in a boarding house on Lombard Avenue.

The death was reported after 4 p.m. today. Police are questioning one person in connection with the man’s death, Everett police Sgt. Robert Goetz said.

“I’m fairly confident the public is not in danger,” he said.

Someone called 911 to report the man’s death and police also received an anonymous tip. Investigators arrived about 4:20 p.m. at the house in the 3100 block of Lombard Avenue.

They found a man dead in one of the apartments inside the house, Goetz said. The cause of death was not immediately clear, he said.

Detectives are expected to continue the investigation into the night.