UPDATE, July 2 | Police have identified the victim as Carl Nabors, 67.
Police say they have arrested a suspect, identified as Jamahal Fountain, 31, of Kansas City, Kansas.
The Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office charged Fountain with one count of second-degree murder.
Fountain is being held in the Wyandotte County Jail on a $300,000 bond.
A police spokesperson said Nabors and Fountain were both "unhoused individuals."
ORIGINAL REPORT | Workers in the area of 7th Street and Nebraska Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, discovered a man dead in the parking lot early Monday morning.
Shortly after 7 a.m., workers found the man, who apparently suffered blunt force trauma to his head, investigators said.
An investigation is underway.
Anyone with any information is encouraged to call police.
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