Man’s body discovered in park near Santa Clarita school, gun found at the scene

SANTA CLARITA — A man’s body was found Wednesday morning behind an elementary school in Santa Clarita, and an investigation was underway.

The body was discovered about 7 a.m. at a park behind Charles Helmers Elementary School on the 27300 block of Grandview Drive, just east of McBean Parkway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

A gun also was found at the scene, the sheriff’s department reported.

Information was not immediately available on the man’s identity or cause of death.