LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. -- Members of the Lethbridge Police Service Forensic Identification Unit are continuing an investigation into a suspicious death at a south Lethbridge apartment building Monday.

Police responded just before 7 a.m. to a report of an injured man at an apartment in the 1200 block of Fourth Avenue S. 

Police and EMS attended and located a deceased 43-year old man inside one of the ground floor units. 

Police cordoned off the front yard, as well as portions of the parking lot at the rear of the building, while officers examined the scene, took photographs, and gathered evidence.

The Westwinds Apartment is managed by Avenue Living Communities and according to its website, the building contains bachelor and one bedroom suites.

Doug Dougald has lived in the building for about three years. He says he was drinking coffee this morning when he heard a knock on his door.

“It was a policeman, and he said, did you hear anything last night? And I was like, no I didn’t hear a single thing," he said.

A neighbourhood resident, who didn’t want his name used, says police attend the building on an almost daily basis.

“You never know why they’re here, but there’s always one or two police cars out front and they’re going in to investigate something," he said.

He says the apartment building is the one downside to an otherwise pleasant and peaceful neighbourhood and he would like to see the building managers do a better job of screening potential renters.

“There has always been people coming and going who don't live here. Residents who live in the building drop keys down to people who are coming … I wish Avenue Living would do something about it," he said.

A representative of Avenue Living Communities, who arrived to speak with investigators, declined to comment.

Investigators say the death is being treated as suspicious but they are not commenting on the manner of death.

They say the preliminary evidence suggests there is no ongoing risk to neighbours or the general public.

Police say the man’s body is being transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Calgary for an autopsy to confirm cause of death.