HOUSTON, TX- On Sunday, December 22nd, authorities with the Houston Police Department (HPD) said that a dead man was found in the rear seat of a patrol car, prompting an investigation into the incident.
According to ABC News, the body was discovered around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 21st in a police car that had been parked outside a city-run drug and alcohol treatment center northeast of downtown Houston. In a statement, HPD said, "An officer with our Mental Health Division went to his patrol vehicle to being his shift and discovered a deceased male in the back seat."
Officer Erika Ramirez, a spokesperson for HPD, told ABC News that the investigation was ongoing and that police are awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Ramirez said the cause of death and the man's identity remained unknown as of Sunday. Police said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the man's body. Ramirez said, "It seems like he was a homeless man seeking shelter from the weather."
A rainstorm had hit the city on Saturday afternoon, sending temperatures to the upper 50s. It is unclear how long the deceased body was in the police car before being discovered. FOX 26 reported that in a separate incident, HPD is investigating a shooting that let one teenager dead and another in critical condition.
Investigators said that just after 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 21st, there was a report of a shooting in the 10600 block of Jordan Heights Drive. Police said that two teenagers met up in the street to do a narcotics deal. During the transaction, one teen pulled a gun on the other. The other teen was also armed and they shot each other.
First responders found one teen at the scene. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other teen got into a vehicle his sister was driving. They drove to a gas station in Little York where they flagged down officers. First responders performed life-saving measures, but the teen died from his injuries. Both were in their late teens and as of this writing, their identities have not been released.
According to ABC News, the body was discovered around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 21st in a police car that had been parked outside a city-run drug and alcohol treatment center northeast of downtown Houston. In a statement, HPD said, "An officer with our Mental Health Division went to his patrol vehicle to being his shift and discovered a deceased male in the back seat."
Officer Erika Ramirez, a spokesperson for HPD, told ABC News that the investigation was ongoing and that police are awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Ramirez said the cause of death and the man's identity remained unknown as of Sunday. Police said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the man's body. Ramirez said, "It seems like he was a homeless man seeking shelter from the weather."
A rainstorm had hit the city on Saturday afternoon, sending temperatures to the upper 50s. It is unclear how long the deceased body was in the police car before being discovered. FOX 26 reported that in a separate incident, HPD is investigating a shooting that let one teenager dead and another in critical condition.
Investigators said that just after 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 21st, there was a report of a shooting in the 10600 block of Jordan Heights Drive. Police said that two teenagers met up in the street to do a narcotics deal. During the transaction, one teen pulled a gun on the other. The other teen was also armed and they shot each other.
First responders found one teen at the scene. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other teen got into a vehicle his sister was driving. They drove to a gas station in Little York where they flagged down officers. First responders performed life-saving measures, but the teen died from his injuries. Both were in their late teens and as of this writing, their identities have not been released.
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