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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - Louisville Metro Police are investigating after a man was found dead outside the Meijer on Preston Highway on Sunday afternoon. 

LMPD officers were called to the 9500 block of Preston Highway around 3:15 p.m. Sunday on the report of a person down, according to LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell.

When officers arrived on scene, they found a male "possibly in his 40s" that was "obviously deceased" not far from the store. 

"The LMPD Homicide Unit is investigating as they do all deaths," Mitchell said in a statement.

The cause of death is pending autopsy results. 

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