Man found shot to death in northwest Houston ditch

Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man whose body was found  in a northwest Houston ditch Thursday morning.

Houston paramedics were called out to check on the man, who was found along W. 12th Street near Hempstead Road around 7 a.m., according to the Houston Police Department. When medics arrived, they called for police officers to come to the scene

His body was found in a remote stretch of W. 12th Street between West Loop 610 and Hempstead Road near the Lazybrook neighborhood.

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