Tennessee Police are working to identify a suspected homicide victim after discovering his body in a trucking company’s parking lot.
Around 6:30 a.m. on Monday, authorities were notified after someone found a dead body near a fleet of trucks and dialed 911.
It happened at the Western Express facility near Centennial Boulevard in Nashville.
Police described the victim as an African American man who was dressed as a woman.
Homicide victim found on Western Express truck lot is an African American man dressed as a woman. He carried no identification. pic.twitter.com/4dSqCq8TVO
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) November 14, 2016
The victim did not have any form of identification on him. Police say the man appears to have been in his late twenties or early thirties.
He two has identifying tattoos—the word “dreaming” tattooed on his left forearm and “Joyce” with musical notes on his chest.
The incident was initially reported as a shooting, but police say that a gunshot wound does not appear on the victim’s body. The cause of death is pending an autopsy.
The investigation is ongoing. Police ask anyone with information to call 615-862-7385.