UPDATE: 05.08.2020: The man found dead at Hansen’s I-G-A is identified. The Sparta Police Department said yesterday the victim is 54-year-old Dwite Shaver.
The Sparta Police Department is investigating after a person was found dead at a local grocery store.
Police said first responders were called to Hansen’s I-G-A on Sunday afternoon for a report of an unresponsive person. Police said they found the person laying under a semi-trailer near the loading dock and pronounced them dead at the scene. Officials with the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office said an autopsy is pending.
Police said the person is not an employee at the store.
