KILLEEN -- Killeen police and Fort Hood military police currently have a home blocked off on the 3300 block of Cantebrian Drive where a man was found dead in a yard Tuesday morning.
Fort Hood officials confirm the man is a soldier who recently returned from a deployment to West Africa. Officials say there are no indications the soldier had Ebola, and medical personnel at Carl R. Darnall Medical Center said preliminary tests came back negative for Ebola.
Another test is required to rule out Ebola completely, and that test is underway now, officials said.
Troops returning from West Africa must undergo a 21-day monitoring period at a controlled monitoring site on post. Officials say this soldier was granted an emergency leave - not medical related - and was under self-monitoring where he had to check in with officials twice a day.
Officials did confirm the location he was found is his home.
WFAA's sister station KCEN-TV has a crew on the scene and will continue to update this story as the details become available.
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