Houston PD officer finds dead man inside his police car before starting shift

HOUSTON – A Houston police officer made a shocking discovery over the weekend and it happened shortly after he clocked in for work.

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According to a post on X by the Houston Police Department, an unidentified officer with their Mental Health Division got in his car at the department’s headquarters on N Chenevert Street in downtown.

Officials said the officer was set to begin work that Saturday afternoon but before he could, the officer found a man’s body in the backseat.

“At this time, it is unknown how the male entered the vehicle and it appears he may have been seeking shelter from the weather,” HPD said in the post.

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The dead man’s identity has not been released, as of this writing, and police have not shared any additional information either.