Man found shot dead inside wrecked vehicle

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said they are investigating after they found a man dead, killed of an apparent gunshot wound inside a wrecked car early Monday morning.

The call was reported around 3:30 a.m. originally as an accident on Interstate 10 east near Martin Luther King Drive, which is found on the city's East Side.

Police said when they arrived they found the man shot in the head. The man did have a gun in his hand, police said, but they do not believe the man was the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A sergeant at the scene said they found grass inside the passenger door of the wrecked vehicle, which was found in the median between two roads.

The name and age of the victim has yet to be released.

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