Police are investigating an apparent homicide outside a Framingham business Saturday night, officials announced.

Framingham police were notified to a business on Worcester Road around 10 p.m. Saturday night where a 30-year-old man was found dead in the trash area behind a building, police said. The man, a current Framingham resident whose identity was not disclosed in the report, had suffered physical trauma.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was an employee of the business who was working that evening. Police asked the public to report any suspicious activity in the area of 1 Worcester Road, the address of an outdoor shopping center.

The case was referred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine the cause of death. The investigation is being conducted by the office of Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, state police detectives and local police.