HPD investigating double homicide in SE Houston

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Friday, January 13, 2017
Man and woman found shot to death in SE Houston
Man and woman found shot to death in southeast Houston.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police are investigating a double homicide in southeast Houston.

Authorities were called to a home on the 5200 block of Dewberry Street around 10:30am. Two dead bodies were found inside.

An HPD spokesperson confirms that the victims are a male and a female.

A friend tells Eyewitness News that the victims are a couple in their 40s who rented the home. The friend discovered their bodies Thursday morning when he returned to the home to retrieve a cell phone that had been left there.

Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots overnight.

No other details have been released.

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