Man dies after being found outside city centre supermarket

A man has died after being found in Wakefield city centre.

Police were called at 8.24pm on Monday, February 7 to a report of an injured man on George Street, near to the back entrance to Morrisons supermarket in The Ridings.

The man was pronounced deceased a short time later.

The area was cordoned off by police.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

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