HPD releases surveillance video after man's body found with gunshot wounds along SW Houston road

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police have released new surveillance footage as they try to find out more information about a man who was found dead on the side of the road in southwest Houston.

Witnesses say the first sign of trouble was just after 11 p.m. Sunday when they reportedly heard gunshots. Then, at about 5:40 a.m. on Monday, workers saw the body along the side of Elaine Road not far from Almeda Genoa.

Officer Todd Tyler with the Houston Police Department told ABC13 at the scene that the victim was a Hispanic man in his 30s and that there were obvious signs of gunshots to his upper body.

In an afternoon update, police released video showing the suspect vehicle, described as a white Dodge pickup truck, and a suspect wearing what appears to be a white shirt in the area around the time the gunshots rang out.

"Some of the video surveillance does show a white truck. It looks like it is probably an extended cab - could be a four-door, but it is driving northbound on Elaine. It stops, it turns around, it comes back southbound, stops right where the body was later located, and you can see some movement outside, and then the truck drives away," Tyler said.

Authorities say this is not typically an area where people would be walking since there are no sidewalks, and few people live along that stretch of Elaine Road.

Investigators are still trying to figure out the man's identity and why he was shot and left for dead.

Police are still looking for witnesses and for more security camera video. Anyone with information on this case is urged to call HPD at 713-308-8800 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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