Man found dead in Wakefield street as police issue statement
Police were working to identify the man on Monday 🚨
A man was found dead in a street in Wakefield yesterday, police have confirmed.
Emergency services rushed to Gill Sike Grove in the West Yorkshire city on Monday (May 18) morning. Paramedics first attended the scene and called police to report the discovery of the body.
It is not believed that a “third-party” was involved in the death, police have said in a statement.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “Police received a report from the ambulance service that a man had been found dead in the street on Gill Sike Grove, Wakefield, yesterday morning (Monday 18 May).
“Immediate enquiries were made to identify the man and inform his family. Enquiries are ongoing but at this time there is nothing to suggest any third-party involvement in his death.”