2 arrested after elderly man found dead, home burglarized Homeless man found dead at Santa Ana park ID'd Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann, in a statement, said she was saddened by the violent actions that took two lives in our city. He said he looked outside to see a woman lying on the ground outside. Thornton trained at Fort Bragg as a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division. When officers arrived, they found a man at the scene with a gunshot wound, according to Thornton police. Officers responded Wednesday at 1:38 p.m. to the area of Skyline Drive and Lynvale Court on a report that a deceased body was found on a nearby trail.