Dead body found behind SC Food Lion. Police are investigating it as a suspicious death

A dead body found behind a Food Lion is being investigated as a suspicious death, the Columbia Police Department announced Friday.

Officers responded to a Food Lion at 5118 Fairfield Road in Eau Claire — the northeast part of the city — on Thursday around 4 p.m. A person was found dead.

Investigators found a white man between the ages of 65 and 75 behind the grocery store. It is currently being investigated as a suspicious death, officials said.

The man’s cause of death is being investigated by the Richland County Coroner’s Office, and toxicology results are still pending. The coroner’s office has not publicly identified the man.

Police said that there is no threat to the general public.