'Homeless' man found dead in shop doorway during subzero temperatures
The discovery was made at 10.20am on Sunday, December 3 with the man pronounced dead at the scene.
A man who is understood to have been homeless has been found dead in a shop doorway during subzero temperatures.
The shocking discovery was made on Bloom Street in Manchester's Gay Village on Sunday, December 3. Officers were called to the scene at 10.20am, however, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say his death is not being treated as suspicious. His cause of death, however, has not yet been determined with the investigation in its "early stages".
The tragedy came during a yellow weather warning issued for snow and ice by the Met Office. A forensic tent was erected at the scene while officers were pictured guarding a cordon.
Onlookers told our sister title, the Manchester Evening News, that the man was found slumped on steps in a doorway between the Village Chippy and Roadie's fast-food takeaway, near to a taxi rank. One man who walked past the scene at around 9am said he saw the person, who is known in the area, in the doorway and that he assumed he was asleep.
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A report on the man's death and a file of evidence is being prepared for the coroner's office in Manchester.
It comes after another man, believed to have been homeless and living in his car, froze to death in the vehicle in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
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A GMP spokesperson said: "At approximately 10.20am on Sunday, December 3 2023, officers were called to reports of an incident on Bloom Street in Manchester. The body of a man was discovered on the street and he was sadly declared deceased.
"This investigation is in its very early stages and the cause of death is yet to be ascertained. A scene has been put in place and enquires are ongoing. Police are not treating the death of the man as suspicious nor is there believed to be any at third-party involvement. A report will be made for the coroner."
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