Officials have ruled the death as a homicide

WASHINGTON -- A man's body was found under the Chain Bridge in Northwest, D.C.

The discovery was made just before 8 p.m. Saturday in the 5200 block of Canal Road, according to D.C. police.

Officers were originally called to the scene for an unconscious man. They arrived to find the man suffering from "multiple sharp force injuries." He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police could not confirm that both hands were removed from the body, but said there may have been at least one cut off.

The body was taken to the medical examiner's office and the death was ruled a homicide.