Body found in vehicle near Aldine elementary

By BOBBY HORN JR.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office made a grisly discovery in what is believed to have been an abandoned car near an Aldine ISD elementary.
On the morning of Feb. 24, school officials at Bill Worshem Elementary School, located in the 3000 block of Hartwick, noticed a car parked nearby that appeared abandoned.
According to Sergeant G. Pinkins, sheriff’s office spokesman, deputies arrived at the scene at approximately 9:20 a.m.
“Upon arrival deputies found an unidentified black male deceased in the rear seat of a vehicle parked along the roadway,” Pinkins said.” It was later determined that the victim had sustained several gunshot wounds.”
The body was sent to the Harris County Institute for Forensic Sciences for identification. As of press time, no identification made been made.
“The Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit is conducting the investigation and no motive for the shooting has been established at this time,” Pinkins said.
The investigation is on-going and anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 713-967-5810 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).