UPDATE: Kennewick man, 54, dies while visiting Tri-Cities hotel. Police investigating

An autopsy is scheduled for a 54-year-old man who died in a Kennewick hotel room Sunday morning.

Danny Grayson Sr. of Kennewick was visiting the Quality Inn near Columbia Center mall at 7901 Quinault Ave., according to Kennewick police.

Police and fire department medics found him injured in a hotel room after they were called at 2:20 a.m.

Paramedics performed CPR to try to revive him, but weren’t able to save his life, said police.

Details about who Grayson was visiting or how he was injured were not released as police are still trying to determine what happened.

Officer Roman Trujillo said they interviewed several witnesses and got video from the hotel.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy on Thursday to determine why he died.

This story was originally published August 1, 2021 at 11:49 AM.