The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found late Tuesday in a wooded area of Bradenton.

Uniform deputies were searching for a suspect with multiple felony warrants in a wooded area near 4700 15th Street East around 11:20 p.m. when they found a man's body.

Deputies said the man had upper body trauma.

The Manatee Homicide Investigative Unit was contacted and responded to the scene to continue the investigation. The death of the victim is a homicide.  

The identity of the victim has not been confirmed.  

Detectives are still investigating the incident.