A 35-year-old man was found unconscious in between two buildings on the 300 block of West Dayton Street Wednesday evening, a Madison Police Department report said.

According to the report, Madison Fire and Police were dispatched at 7:34 p.m. when reports of an unconscious male in an entryway between two buildings were called in. The report said the man was taken to nearby Meriter hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The report said the death has not been ruled a homicide because it “does not appear suspicious at this time.” Though the case is currently being called a “death investigation,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said investigators have not yet ruled out the possibility of foul play.

“It appears that [the death’s classification] will depend on the autopsy which will be performed [Friday,]” Verveer said. “They will learn a lot more tomorrow, and the results will be critical to figuring out what happened.”

Verveer said it was particularly troubling that the body was found outside but added he was hesitant to jump to any conclusions until the results of the autopsy are in and until more information has been released from MPD.

Verveer said it was important to note that downtown homicides are infrequent.

“Downtown homicides are fortunately extremely rare, and obviously I want to keep it that way,” he said.

In line with traditional city practices, Verveer said MPD would have contacted him immediately if it was clearly a homicide. He said he is hopeful the autopsy will clear up uncertainties.