A man was found dead Monday morning in a South Natomas backyard, prompting a homicide investigation by Sacramento detectives. Sacramento Police Department officers responded to the assault— in a backyard of a home on the 3100 block of Wiese Way — shortly after 8 a.m. and pronounced the victim dead, according to spokesperson Officer Allison Smith.

A man was fatally injured in an assault with a weapon Monday morning in Sacramento, officials said. Officers were dispatched just after 8 a.m. to the 3100 block of Wiese Way in the South Natomas neighborhood,