SAN ANTONIO – Police were investigating after officers found a deceased man under a bridge following a call reporting a possible body.
Around 8 p.m. on Sunday, police were called to the scene of a reported body found near the corner of South Laredo Street and South Alamo Street, near Downtown.
According to a statement provided at the scene, officers were dispatched “by an unknown caller” who reported, “there may potentially be a body laying under the bridge.” Officers arrived and “found a man face down very early on in the investigation.”
The man “is deceased, and he’s been pronounced by SAFD and EMS,” the statement said. The medical examiner was also at the scene, and a follow-up unit had just arrived.
Investigators said it was still unclear whether the death was a homicide or due to natural causes. “Unknown whether potential homicide or something of more natural causes, but he appears to be homeless,” the statement said.
When asked whether it appeared the man had been there for a while, the statement said, “It does,” adding that “based on the evidence right now around his body,” it looked like he “has been there for some time.”
The man was described as middle-aged. “Maybe if I had to put a number to him, maybe 40, maybe late 40,” the statement said.
The man’s death remains under investigation.