Homicide detectives are investigating a suspicious death after reports of a shooting at a northwest shopping area early Saturday morning, police said in a news release.

At around 5 a.m., police found a man slumped over in the front seat of a taxi parked at a shopping plaza near 142nd Street and Yellowhead Trail.

Emergency responders pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Edmonton police said they're looking to speak with anyone who was in the area at the time.

"We know there were a large number of people standing outside in the parking lot of the Flux Ultralounge," Staff Sgt. Duane Hunter said in the news release.

Court Stratton, the owner of the Drip Crate Vape Shop next to Flux Ultralounge, said police were at the scene Saturday morning as he was about to open his shop. He noticed a few vehicles being towed away.

Court Stratton runs a vape shop next door to the Flux Ultralounge and says he's never had problems with any customers in a year and a half. (Rod Maldaner/CBC) Stratton said he's never had problems with the lounge clientele or staff. ​

"We have come in in the morning and there has been broken bottles and stuff," Stratton said. "But ... that's no different than any other bar, I'm sure."

Stratton said in a year and a half of working in the plaza, the shooting is the most serious incident he's heard of.

Edmonton police could not be reached on whether there are suspects in the shooting.