RICHMOND, Va. β An investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death in a neighborhood on Richmond's East End on Saturday morning.
Officers were dispatched to the 1900 block of Sussex Street in the Whitcomb Court neighborhood for a report of a person down just after 8:50 a.m., according to Phon Hoonsan with Richmond Police.
When police arrived, they found a man on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officers said.
Family members identified the victim as 47-year-old Chris Barlow.
The victim's niece remembered Barlow as "a good man" who she said did not "bother anybody."
"Some people probably know him from him being around here in front the stores," she wrote.
"The Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death," Hoonsan said.
No suspect information or additional details were available at last check.
WATCH: Neighbor heard shots before man was found dead in Richmond
A longtime resident of the neighborhood said he heard shots around 7:30 a.m.
"That's when we started to go to work," the man said. "My dad went out of the house, got the lawn mower to go get the truck, and when he was riding by, he didn't even look over β and all he had to do was look to the left and my dad would have discovered his body."
The neighbor speculated that someone made the discovery roughly 20 minutes later.
"That's when all the cops came out here," he said. "They covered his body up."
The 26-year-old acknowledged he was "pretty much used" to the violence in the neighborhood.
"Normally, the way it goes around here, you don't bother nobody, they don't really bother you," he explained. "All of these shootings, it's mostly targeted... I would say 96, 97% of these shootings are targeted."
Anyone with information about the crime was urged to call Major Crimes Detective P. Mansfield at 804-646-6996 or contact Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones may also be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous.
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