BREAKING NEWS Man found dead at 7-Eleven Bankstown in Sydney
Police are investigating after a man was found dead in a vehicle parked at a 7-Eleven service station in Sydney 's west.
At approximately 11.15pm on Sunday, police were alerted to a welfare concern at a service station on Stacey St in Bankstown.
The man, aged in his 30s was found dead in the driver's seat of a parked Audi.
He has not been identified.
Police are investigating after a man was found dead in a vehicle parked at a 7-Eleven service station.
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