Police are investigating the "suspicious death" of a man found in a St. Paul alley.

About 7 a.m. Friday, police were dispatched to the 600 block of Van Buren Avenue in the Frogtown neighborhood where the body of a man was found in an alley.

Police are working with the Ramsey County medical examiner's office to confirm the man's identity, said Sgt. Paul Paulos, a spokesman for the Police Department.

As to the manner in which the man was found, Paulos declined to provide details, citing the active investigation.

No suspects are in custody.

Anyone with information about the death should call the Police Department's homicide unit at 651-266-5650.

NICOLE NORFLEET