Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died in a central Auckland carpark on Sunday morning.
Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin of Auckland City CIB said the body of the man was discovered by a group of people beside a vehicle at an open-air car park on Symonds St, about 5.20am.
“He appears to have been assaulted, and died prior to being found,” Baldwin said.
![A man was found dead at a secure car park on Symonds St, central Auckland this morning. Photo / Hayden Woodward](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZU777XUIXFHEBG5FQPVS3OY6QQ.jpg?auth=9a049b8da3c5c9c28b4032dd7f34cb5d68789a6f690a534ebcefa5a8700ef04e&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The man was seen on CCTV an hour earlier in his car at a petrol station, on the corner of Karangahape and Ponsonby Roads.