Police are investigating the "unexplained" death of a man found injured in the New Parks area of Leicester.
It is believed the man, who was in his 40s, was found lying on the ground near a convenience store in Aikman Avenue just after 8.30pm yesterday.
Paramedics called to the scene attempted to revive him and he was taken away in ambulance, but later died.
Police sealed off the area around Ricky's Store while forensics officers examined the site.
Officers also conducted house to house investigations in the area.
The incident has shocked residents living in the area near the roundabout junction with Letchworth Road.
Joanne Barton said: "There were large numbers of police and two ambulances.
"I saw the paramedics tending a man on the ground near the shop trying to revive him.
"They were pumping his chest for some time before he went away in an ambulance.
"We do not know what happened but I believed the man who has died was local."
Mother of four Annette Bausor, who lives close to where the man was found, said she and her daughters were woken up by police arriving outside her home shortly before 9pm.
She said: "There were police everywhere and they went knocking on doors asking people if they saw or heard anything."
Neighbour Keith French said: "I know the man involved by sight as he is local. He is in his 40s. I was told he had hit his head on the ground. But no-one knows exactly what happened."
The shop, which was in the middle of the cordoned off area, was closed all Saturday.
A spokesman for the police said officers were called to Aikman Avenue at 8.44pm.
He said: "The man subsequently died and the area was cordoned off for forensic examinations.
"The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation. A post mortem examination on the man will be conducted later today.
"Formal identification has not taken place. At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained."
One resident who passed the scene late last night contacted the Leicester Mercury.
He said: "The roundabout on Aikman Ave was completely closed from all sides by police, plenty of police. They were just blocking the area when I was coming there."
Anyone with information can contact the police on 101 or contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
