Fulton police: Body in park is homicide victim

An investigator works at the scene where the body of a shooting victim was found in a wooded section of Creel Park in south Fulton County on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

An investigator works at the scene where the body of a shooting victim was found in a wooded section of Creel Park in south Fulton County on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

A man whose body was found in a metro park was the victim of a homicide, Fulton police said Monday night.

The body, which a pedestrian came across in a wooded area Monday afternoon at Creel Park in College Park, has not been identified, investigators said.

The man, believed to be in his early 20s, died from an apparent gunshot wound, police said.

Investigators believe the killing happened earlier in the day.