UPDATE, May 12 | Police identified the victim as Russell Mason, 22.
ORIGINAL STORY | Security guards discovered a dead man in a downtown Kansas City, Missouri, parking garage early Friday morning.
Police said just after 2:30 a.m., security guards conducting patrol rounds at 11th and Wyandotte located an adult male in a nearby parking garage.
Officers were called and directed to the upper floor of the parking garage, where they located the man suffering obvious body trauma.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The death is being investigated as a homicide. Investigators are working to determine what led up to the incident and what caused the victim's fatal injuries.
Detectives are canvassing the area for witnesses and surveillance footage.
Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact police.
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