A man was found dead Tuesday evening after he cut his arms while breaking into a home in Central El Paso, police said.

A homeowner found a broken window and blood shortly before 5:30 p.m. at a home in the 3000 block of Copper Avenue in the Manhattan Heights neighborhood, police said.

The homeowner called police, who then entered the house and found a man identified as Javier Tellez Jr., 28, dead inside, a police news release stated.

Detectives determined that Tellez cut his arms on a broken window while entering the house, police said.

Tellez was unable to stop the bleeding and died in the home, police said.

The case is under investigation by the Crimes Against Persons Unit, which handles death investigations.

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