SALT LAKE CITY — The death of a man in Salt Lake City, originally called "suspicious" by police, is now being investigated as a homicide.
The body of 58-year-old Steve Gus Kallas was found early Sunday on the east side of a Smith's grocery store between the sidewalk and park strip at 2131 S. Lincoln St.
An autopsy was scheduled for Monday. Although Salt Lake City police announced Tuesday that the case was now a homicide investigation, the cause of Kallas' death has not been released.
Sgt. Greg Wilking said Monday that Kallas had "some signs of trauma." Earlier that morning, witnesses reported hearing a fight and gunshots sometime between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. in the same area. It was not immediately known if those incidents were related to the man's death.
Detectives believe the man may have lived in a motorhome found near the scene, Wilking said.
No additional information was immediately available.
Anyone with information about Kallas' death is asked to call police at 801-799-3000.
