UPDATE: Bedford County Sheriff's Office identifies man found dead at Sheetz

Foul play is not suspected.

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va.UPDATE

The Bedford County Sheriff's Office has identified the man who died at a Sheetz Wednesday.

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Salem resident Richard Andrew Cooper was 50. Authorities have notified his family.

The cause of death is undetermined.

Since there is no indication of any foul play, the sheriff's office will not investigate Cooper's death any further.

ORIGINAL STORY 

The Bedford County Sheriff's Office does not suspect foul play after a man was found dead in his vehicle at a Sheetz Wednesday afternoon.

Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call from the Sheetz on East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike at 2:04 p.m.

The caller stated there was a man, who was not breathing, sitting in a vehicle near the gas pumps.

The man was removed from the vehicle and CPR was performed, but it appeared he had been dead in the vehicle a while before he was found, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Resuscitation efforts were stopped at 2:33 p.m. and he was pronounced dead.

The body will be transported to a local funeral home.

Bedford County Sheriff’s deputies are working to notify his next of kin.