Edmonton police are investigating a suspicious death in southeast Edmonton.

Police were called to the area of 73 Street and 22 Avenue just after 1 a.m. on Thursday, after a man went to a Sherwood Park RCMP detachment and allegedly told officers about an injured person at that address.

When police arrived they found a deceased woman inside the residence.

The man who reported the incident is in police custody.

The Edmonton Police Homicide Section is investigating.