ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A homicide investigation is underway Thursday after a man died from gunshot wound to the head. 

The victim, a 40-year-old man, was shot multiple times somewhere else then likely dumped overnight near the intersection of St. Louis Avenue and Hamilton. Police arived to the scene just before 8 a.m. Thursday.

The body was covered with a tarp of some sort as to conceal it before it was found Thursday morning by a worker.

This is an active investigation. More details will be posted here as this story develops.