Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in West Memphis early Friday morning.
Officers responded to the 2500 block of East Thompson Avenue shortly before 6:30 a.m. after getting calls that shots had been fired in the area and there was a man slumped over inside a vehicle, said West Memphis Police Department spokesman Capt. Joe Baker.
Police found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound inside a red older model Cadillac, Baker said. He was taken to Regional Medical Center in Memphis where he was pronounced dead around 7:30 a.m., Baker said.
Authorities are processing the vehicle for evidence and following up on a few leads, though they do not have a suspect identified yet, Baker said. Police expect to release the victim’s name later Friday when his next of kin have been notified.
The investigation is ongoing.
