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Police ID Homicide Victim Found At Scene Of Baltimore House Fire

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Police have identified a man found dead at the scene of a Baltimore house fire over the weekend.

Miguel Soto Diaz, 35, was found dead Sunday with multiple gunshot wounds inside the Furrow Street home, Baltimore Police said. His death is being investigated as a homicide.

Diaz's body was discovered about 7 p.m. Sunday as firefighters put out a fire at what was believed to be an unoccupied home in the 300 block of Furrow Street, authorities said.

Another unidentified person was rescued from the home. No information about that person's status or identity was known Thursday.

Homicide detectives were at the home Wednesday, alongside an arson investigator, crime lab technicians and a member of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

No details about a possible suspect or motive in Diaz's killing were immediately released.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

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