A body was found floating in the water Tuesday evening near White Rock Lake in northeast Dallas, police said.

The man's body was discovered in the 4900 block of West Lawther Drive, along the White Rock Creek Trail near Northwest Highway.

Because of the amount of time the body was in the water, the man's race, age or signs of how he may have died could not be determined "at this time," police said.

Homicide and crime scene detectives and the Dallas County medical examiner responded to the scene.