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Police received the call about the body at around 9 a.m., but would not say who made the discovery or how.
Hours later - with the wind blowing fresh snow around - the body still lay in the park under a tent as police, armed with brooms and metal detectors, scoured the area for evidence.
The dark-skinned man <span style="font-weight: bold">was wearing a bloodsoaked sweatshirt, his pants and underwear around his ankles and running shoes. </span>
A trail of bright orange police pylons led from the body to a cluster of a dozen or so trees a few metres away.
An autopsy was yet to be scheduled.
Neighbours said the park is usually quiet and well-used by children through the summer.
"I came home for lunch and there's yellow police tape everywhere ... It's a shocker, that's for sure," said Sheldon, who didn't want to give his last name. The man said his 11-year-old daughter plays baseball and soccer on the field.
Randy Shopland said he heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot or a firecracker the previous night, but didn't think much of it.
"In a way, it doesn't surprise me," he said of the death in his neighbourhood.
"It could happen anywhere."
There have been a handful of Toronto-based African-Canadians slain in northern Alberta - most found in similar places - in the past four months, all believed to have been victims of gang violence.
Meanwhile, the autopsy for the man found stabbed to death between two northside apartment buildings on Sunday morning was expected to wrap up yesterday.
Hours later - with the wind blowing fresh snow around - the body still lay in the park under a tent as police, armed with brooms and metal detectors, scoured the area for evidence.
The dark-skinned man <span style="font-weight: bold">was wearing a bloodsoaked sweatshirt, his pants and underwear around his ankles and running shoes. </span>
A trail of bright orange police pylons led from the body to a cluster of a dozen or so trees a few metres away.
An autopsy was yet to be scheduled.
Neighbours said the park is usually quiet and well-used by children through the summer.
"I came home for lunch and there's yellow police tape everywhere ... It's a shocker, that's for sure," said Sheldon, who didn't want to give his last name. The man said his 11-year-old daughter plays baseball and soccer on the field.
Randy Shopland said he heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot or a firecracker the previous night, but didn't think much of it.
"In a way, it doesn't surprise me," he said of the death in his neighbourhood.
"It could happen anywhere."
There have been a handful of Toronto-based African-Canadians slain in northern Alberta - most found in similar places - in the past four months, all believed to have been victims of gang violence.
Meanwhile, the autopsy for the man found stabbed to death between two northside apartment buildings on Sunday morning was expected to wrap up yesterday.
