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    Update: Paso Robles Police investigating body found with gunshot wound 

    Paso Robles Police investigate a scene at Sherwood Forest Park on Wednesday morning. Photo by Jason Brock.

    –At 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Paso Robles Police officers are investigating the scene of a reported gunshot victim in the Sherwood Forest Park off Creston Road between Scott Street and Cedarwood Drive.

    When officers arrived, they found a body leaning against a tree and realized that the person had a gunshot on the top of the head. There was a handgun lying nearby, according to police.

    The victim is a man in his early 20s and police believe the fatal wound was self-inflicted.

    Police officers asked everyone to avoid the area while they conducted an investigation. The park is located at 220 Scott Street, Paso Robles.

    –Report by Anthony Reed

     

     

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