HOUSTON – Houston police were called to the scene of a body found in water near a hospital in southeast Houston.
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Body reported near hospital
What we know:
Around 10 a.m., police say a person called about a body in a retention pond on Astoria Boulevard near I-45 Gulf Freeway.
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The location is near a Memorial Hermann Hospital building.
Houston Police Department state their homicide and dive team are responding to the scene.
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What we don’t know:
No other details have been released on the gender of the body.