Police investigating after body found on middle school property in west Houston
HOUSTON – Police are investigating after a young man's body was discovered near a middle school in west Houston.
According to authorities, the body was found around 7:40 a.m. Saturday near Paul Revere Middle School on Valley Forge near the Sam Houston Tollway.
The body was found on the school property in the parking lot area, and there is a 100-yard trail of blood leading from the nearby Bellmont Place apartments to where the body was found.
Officers said they do not know what happened to the man, but they are considering his death a homicide.
Houston police department is on the scene and working to learn more information.
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