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Police seek clues in death of man found in East Side intersection

Officer passing by discovered body

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are looking for clues about the death of a man whose body was found in the middle of an East side intersection early Wednesday.

An officer who was doing routine patrols in the area around 2:30 a.m. noticed the man lying in the middle of S. Hackberry Street near Martin Luther King Drive.

He had suffered severe head trauma and was dead, according to a preliminary police report.

Investigation underway after officer finds man dead in street

Homicide and traffic investigators both were called to the scene to investigate.

They shut down the intersection for hours as they looked for clues.

Police said they likely will have to wait for an autopsy to determine how the man, who appeared to be in his 30s, died.

As of late Wednesday morning, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office still had not positively identified him.

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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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Tim has been a photojournalist and video editor at KSAT since 1998. He came to San Antonio from Lubbock, where he worked in TV and earned his bachelor's degree in Electronic Media and Communication from Texas Tech University. Tim has won a handful of awards and has earned a master's in Strategic Communication and Innovation from Tech as well.

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