Body found in Ballona Creek near bike path – NBC Los Angeles

A body was found Monday in Ballona Creek near a bike path in southwestern Los Angeles County.

The body, identified only as a man, was found at about 9 a.m. just north of Lincoln Boulevard. Video from NewsChopper4 showed LAPD patrol SUVs at the location, where police tape was stretched across part of the bike and walking path near an overpass.

Details about a cause of death were not immediately available. Law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates that the man has likely been dead for a few days and appeared to have a hole in his head.

The body was discovered by two people passing the area, just upstream from where the channel empties into the ocean.

The creek, part of the system of flood control channels in Los Angeles County, swelled with water over the past 24 hours during a September storm that brought steady and widespread rain.