Homicide detectives in National City Sunday were investigating the death of a man whose body was found under a freeway overpass this weekend.

Officers were called to the 400 block of West Eighth Street under the Interstate 5 overpass shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday after a report of an unresponsive man on the sidewalk, according to Detective Sgt. Mark Segal of the National City Police Department. Officers determined the unidentified man died and that he had a chest wound.

No further details were released regarding the nature of the wound.

No suspects have been identified and the investigation is ongoing, Segal said.

Anyone with information about the death was urged to contact the NCPD at 619-336-4411. Anonymous tips can be submitted to San Diego County Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477 or

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