Man found shot to death in abandoned apartment in north Harris County

A man in his 20s was found dead of a gunshot wound Thursday afternoon at an abandoned apartment in north Harris County, police said.

The man’s family said they were unable to reach him and went to a complex in the 300 block of Highland Cross Drive to look for him, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office officials. The relatives jumped a fence, went into the apartment and found him “dead from an apparent gunshot wound,” Sgt. Ben Beall said

Hours after the find, Beall said investigators anticipate the death to be a murder investigation and that a search warrant is being obtained before entering the apartment.