The victim in a Grass Valley homicide investigation has been identified as a man known in the local skateboarding community, authorities said on Thursday.

The investigation began Saturday when officers responded to Condon Park on Saturday, where they found a man dead. Police said they initiated a homicide investigation.

On Thursday, police identified the victim as 51-year-old Jason Allen Frost of Sacramento and Grass Valley. Police said he was a regular visitor to the Grass Valley Skate Park and was known to those in the local skateboarding community.

Police said evidence at this time indicates Frost was in a fight with an unknown suspect the night before he was found dead.

A video that police said they obtained shows a vehicle that Frost owned leaving Condon Park at about 10 p.m.

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