HOUSTON – Homicide investigators are trying to piece together what happened after they said firefighters found a dead man’s body inside a burning home in southeast Houston Thursday.
Police said the incident happened off Hogue Street near Bellfort around 5 p.m. Officials said Houston firefighters located a house with smoke coming out of it and searched the residence.
According to investigators, firefighters found a man who appeared to have been shot several times and possibly stabbed.
Police said it appears the fire was intentionally set.